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         King Martin Luther Jr:     more books (101)
  1. The Measure of a Man (Facets) by Martin Luther, Jr. King, 2001-10
  2. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson, 2001-01-01
  3. A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King, 1990-12-07
  4. My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. by Coretta Scott King, 1994-01-01
  5. Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was...?) by Bonnie Bader, 2007-12-27
  6. Martin Luther King, Jr. (My First Biography) by Marion Dane Bauer, 2009-12-01
  7. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life by Marshall Frady, 2005-12-27
  8. The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Johnny Ray Moore, 2002-01
  9. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Rookie Read-About Holidays) by Trudi Strain Trueit, 2006-09
  10. Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr, 2010-01-10
  11. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) by David Howard-Pitney, 2004-02-20
  12. A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Picture Book Biography) by David A. Adler, 1990-08
  13. Martin Luther King, Jr. (DK Biography) by Amy Pastan, Primo Levi, 2004-08-23
  14. I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, Special 75th Anniversary Edition (Martin Luther King, Jr., born January 15, 1929) by MartinLuther King, 1992-02-28

1. Peace 1964
Biography, presentation speech, and lectures surrounding king's 1964 award.Category Society History Personas king, martin luther, jr.......The nobel Peace Prize 1964. martin luther king jr. USA. Leader of SouthernChristian Leadership Conference . b. 1929 d. 1968. The nobel
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2. Martin Luther King - Biography
figure. At the age of thirtyfive, martin luther king, jr., was the youngestman to have received the nobel Peace Prize. When notified
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Boston University , completing his residence for the doctorate in 1953 and receiving the degree in 1955 In Boston he met and married Coretta Scott, a young woman of uncommon intellectual and artistic attainments. Two sons and two daughters were born into the family.
Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated. Selected Bibliography
Adams, Russell

3. Martin Luther King Jr. Winner Of The 1964 Nobel Prize In Peace
martin luther king jr., a nobel Peace Laureate, at the nobel PrizeInternet Archive. martin luther king jr. 1964 nobel Peace Prize
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M ARTIN L UTHER K ING J R.
1964 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
    leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Background
    Jan 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
    Place of Birth: U.S.A
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4. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Civil-Rights Leader
martin luther king, jr. king promoted nonviolent means to achieve civil-rightsreform and was awarded the 1964 nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil-Rights Leader The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
in moments of comfort and convenience, but where
he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
was born on January 15, 1929 at his family home in Atlanta, Georgia. King was an eloquent Baptist minister and leader of the civil-rights movement in America from the Mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. King promoted non-violent means to achieve civil-rights reform and was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. King's grandfather was a Baptist preacher. His father was pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church. King earned his own Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozier Theological Seminary in 1951 and earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University in 1955. While at seminary King became acquainted with Mohandas Gandhi 's philosophy of nonviolent social protest. On a trip to India in 1959 King met with followers of Gandhi. During these discussions he became more convinced than ever that nonviolent resistance was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom. As a pastor of a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama, King lead a Black bus boycott. He and ninety others were arrested and indicted under the provisions of a law making it illegal to conspire to obstruct the operation of a business. King and several others were found guilty, but appealed their case. As the bus boycott dragged on, King was gaining a national reputation. The ultimate sucess of the Montgomery bus boycott made King a national hero.

5. Martin Luther King, Jr. Receives The Nobel Peace Prize (Lesson
This reading comprehension lesson takes students back to the momentwhen martin luther king, jr. received the nobel Peace Prize.
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6. Martin Luther King - Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
martin luther king jr., a nobel Peace Laureate, at the nobel Prize InternetArchive. martin luther king's nobel Prize Acceptance Speech.
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Martin Luther King's
Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
December 10, 1964
Oslo, Norway I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when twenty-two million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I accept this award in behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice. I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. I am mindful that only yesterday in Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeing to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered. And only yesterday more than 40 houses of worship in the State of Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a sunctuary to those who would not accept segregation. I am mindful that debilitating and grinding poverty afflicts my people and chains them to the lowest rung of the economic ladder. Therefore, I must ask why this prize is awarded to a movement which is beleaguered and committed to unrelenting struggle; to a movement which has not won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize.

7. The Seattle Times: Martin Luther King Jr.
Michael luther king jr., later renamed martin, born to schoolteacher children YolandaDenise (b.1955), martin luther king III (b king wins nobel Peace Prize.
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Holiday Timeline MLK Timeline Key dates in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: January 15. Michael Luther King Jr., later renamed Martin, born to schoolteacher Alberta King and Baptist minister Michael Luther King. Boyhood in Sweet Auburn district. King graduates from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., with a B.A. Graduates with a B.D. from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa. June 18. King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Ala.. They will have four children: Yolanda Denise (b.1955), Martin Luther King III (b.1957), Dexter (b.1961), Bernice Albertine (b.1963). September. King moves to Montgomery, Ala., to preach at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. After coursework at New England colleges, King finishes his Ph.D. in systematic theology. January 26. King is arrested for driving 30 mph in a 25 mph zone.
January 30. King's house bombed. January. Black ministers form what became known as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King is named first president one month later.
In this typical year of demonstrations, King traveled 780,000 miles and made 208 speeches.

8. The Seattle Times: Martin Luther King Jr.
Interactive quiz tests your knowledge of king's life and the holiday that honors him.Category Kids and Teens People and Society...... a. Charles de Gaulle b. Mohandas Gandhi c. Albert nobel d. Nelson Mandela.What year was the martin luther king jr. national holiday first observed?
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  • What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated? a. 1960
    b. 1963
    c. 1968
    d. 1973
  • Where did Rosa Parks become famous? a. At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
    b. At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas c. On a bus in Montgomery, Alabama d. On a march in Selma, Alabama
  • Which president signed the first major civil rights act of this century? a. John F. Kennedy b. Lyndon B. Johnson c. Richard M. Nixon d. Ronald Reagan
  • Which president signed the law creating the Martin Luther King holiday? a. John F. Kennedy b. Lyndon B. Johnson c. Richard M. Nixon d. Ronald Reagan
  • What was the name of King's first book? a. Stride Toward Freedom b. Dreamer c. Why We Can't Wait d. We Shall Overcome
  • Where was the tactic of the sit-in protest first used? a. At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina b. At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas c. On a bus in Birmingham, Alabama d. On a march in Selma, Alabama
  • Where did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
  • 9. Gale - Free Resources - Black History Month - Biographies - Martin Luther King,
    Describes the dominant force in the civil rights movement during its decade of greatest achievement, Category Kids and Teens People and Society king, martin luther, jr....... identify martin luther king, jr. — prime mover of the Montgomery bus boycott (1956),keynote speaker at the March on Washington (1963), youngest nobel Peace
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    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Religious leader; civil rights/human rights activist; author/poet; labor activist; organization executive/founder; minister; antiwar activist Married by then, King returned South, accepting the pastorate of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. It was here that he made his first mark on the civil rights movement, by mobilizing the black community during a 382-day boycott of the city's bus lines. Working through the Montgomery Improvement Association, King overcame arrest and other violent harassment, including the bombing of his home. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Alabama laws requiring bus segregation unconstitutional, with the result that blacks were allowed to ride Montgomery buses on equal footing with whites. A national hero and a civil rights figure of growing importance, King summoned together a number of black leaders in 1957 and laid the groundwork for the organization now known as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Elected its president, he soon sought to assist other communities in the organization of protest campaigns against discrimination, and in voter-registration activities as well.

    10. Martin Luther King, Jr. - From TeachersFirst
    martin luther king, jr. nobel Lecture - Grades 9-12 - Dr. king's lecture on theoccasion of his award of the nobel Peace prize in 1964 has elements that
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    window.document.form1.pagename.value = window.document.location; Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. Updated: December 26, 2001 Celebrate the Holiday Grades 4-8 - A short description of Dr. King's life and work, along with excerpts from his I Have a Dream speech. Posted on the web site for the U.S. Embassy in Sweden. Day of Service Grades 4-12 - Here's a site that asks students to live up to Dr. King's ideals by engaging in a service project to help those less fortunate than they. Teachers looking for a meaningful way to honor Dr. King might find this approach attractive. I Have a Dream... - The full text of Dr. King's most famous speech.
    T he Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-violent Social Change - This site is one of two official Martin Luther King sites. It contains full details of this year's Martin Luther King, Jr. day observances, as well as extensive links to other King resources. Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers - Stanford University has developed an extensive official collection of Dr. King's writings, sermon, letters, and other documents. They are presented here in a format designed for scholars as well as everyday web surfers. This is an exccellent resource for primary source material on King's life. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History - A Detailed Resource

    11. A Tribute To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Long Island University professor examines the impact of king's life on all Americans includes images, Category Society History Personas king, martin luther, jr....... Dr. martin luther king, jr., recipient of the 1964 nobelPeace Prize, Oslo, Norway,December 11, 1964 / martin luther king, jr. Sl nobel Foundation, 1964.
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    A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. H istory is indeed made up of significant events which shape our future and outstanding leaders who influence our destiny. Martin Luther King's contributions to our history places him in this inimitable position. In his short life, Martin Luther King was instrumental in helping us realize and rectify those unspeakable flaws which were tarnishing the name of America . The events which took place in and around his life were earth shattering, for they represented an America which was hostile and quite different from America as we see it today. Martin Luther King, Jr. catapulted to fame when he came to the assistance of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery, Alabama Black seamstress who refused to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus to a White passenger. In those days American Blacks were confined to positions of second class citizenship by restrictive laws and customs. To break these laws would mean subjugation and humiliation by the police and the legal system. Beatings, imprisonment and sometimes death were waiting for those who defied the System Black Americans needed a Martin Luther King, but above all

    12. Dr. Martin Luther King
    Prize Acceptance Speech and Official nobel Peace Prize Page nobel Peace Prize AntisemitismSelections from the Writings of Dr. martin luther king jr., on the
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    Dr. Martin Luther King Resources
    From the Chico High School Library
    The photos above are from the National Archives. Additional copies and larger sizes are available there. Internet Resources to Help Understand His Life and Times
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    Help Observe the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King

    The Martin Luther King Holiday Page
    An excellent Web Page which marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of Dr. King's birthday as a national holiday. Maintained by The Seattle Times, which took a leadership role in its community by making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a company holiday, by urging other corporations to follow, and by organizing a regional media campaign in his honor.
    Martin Luther King Day of Service
    "This information is intended to help you prepare an effective project, connect with national service initiatives, promote your project to the media and the public, and draw attention to Dr. King's legacy of service and justice."
    Dr. King's Web Page
    "The preeminent leader of the modern civil rights movement in the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr., was a charismatic dissenter who embodied and transformed the African-American social gospel tradition." This Stanford University Web Page dedicated to Dr. King has links to full-text documents of Dr. King, and to other resources on his life and times.
    The Man Who Stirred a Nation
    From Black Voices, this feature presentation provides articles, facts, and photos which cover the life of Dr. King.

    13. Annie's "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" Page
    Page reflects on the king holiday from a Christian perspective.Category Society Holidays martin luther king jr. Day...... In 1929, civil rights leader martin luther king jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia.The black civil rights leader, minister and nobel Peace Prize recipient (1964
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    Annie's "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" Page
    ~Always the third Monday in January~
    My parents raised me to believe that I could be anything I wanted to be and do anything I wanted. They also taught me that the color of a persons skin didn't matter. This may sound very naive to you. But that is always the way I have felt. We are all created equal in the eyes of the Lord. We are all His children. Remember the song from when you were younger all the children of the world....... Red, and yellow, black and white Jesus loves the little children of the world." Some people are born "color blind". Oh, that we could raise our children to be "color blind in their heart". Let us strive to be the kind of people who look at the inside and only see the best in others. As a Christian I am glad that the Lord loves me unconditionally. He sees my heart and knows the secret thoughts along with my past BUT He loves us in spite of it all. "Beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God and anyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God for God is Love. So beloved, let us love one another."
    Do YOU know your neighbors? God's Word says to "Love your neighbor as yourself". WOW. If we don't even know our neighbors what does that say about ourselves. A real example of a GOOD Neighbor is the story of the GOOD Samaritan that Jesus told us. Luke 10:29-37

    14. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch
    At age 35, Dr. king was the youngest man, the second American, and the third blackman awarded the nobel Peace Prize. Publications martin luther king, jr.
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    Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch LSU Libraries
    Louisiana State University Selected Reference Resources no.218
    Mitchell Brown, Compiler Return to ... Martin Luther King Jr./Black History Month Birth and Family Martin Luther King, Jr. was born at noon Tuesday, January 15, 1929, at the family home, 501 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Charles Johnson was the attending physician. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the first son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. Other children born to the Kings were Christine King Farris and the late Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King. Martin Luther King's maternal grandparents were the Reverend Adam Daniel Williams, second pastor of Ebenezer Baptist, and Jenny Parks Williams. His paternal grandparents, James Albert and Delia King, were sharecroppers on a farm in Stockbridge, Georgia. He married the former Coretta Scott, younger daughter of Obadiah and Bernice McMurray Scott of Marion, Alabama on June 18, 1953. The marriage ceremony took place on the lawn of the Scott's home in Marion. The Reverend King, Sr., performed the service, with Mrs. Edythe Bagley, the sister of Mrs. King, maid of honor, and the Reverend A.D. King, the brother of Martin Luther King, Jr., best man.
      Four children were born to Dr. and Mrs. King:

    15. Timeline Of Events In Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Life
    Dr. king is the youngest person to be awarded the nobel Peace Prize for After PresidentJohnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law, martin luther king, jr.
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    Timeline of Events in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Life LSU Libraries
    Louisiana State University Selected Reference Resources no.216
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    Martin Luther King, Jr. Chronology
    Born on at noon on January 15, 1929.
    Parents: The Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr.
    Home: 501 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia.
    Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and was admitted to Morehouse College at the age of 15.
    Graduates from Morehouse College and enters Crozer Theological Seminary.
    Ordained to the Baptist ministry, February 25, 1948, at the age 19.
    Enters Boston University for graduate studies.
    Marries Coretta Scott and settles in Montgomery, Alabama. Received Doctorate of Philosophy in Systematic Theology from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts on June 5, 1955. Dissertation Title: A Comparison of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Wiseman. Joins the bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1. On December 5, he is elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, making him the official spokesman for the boycott. On November 13, the

    16. Martin Luther King, Jr. - EnchantedLearning.com
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    Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality in the United States of America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia . Martin had a brother, Alfred, and a sister, Christine. Both his father and grandfather were ministers. His mother was a schoolteacher who taught him how to read before he went to school. Young Martin was an excellent student in school; he skipped grades in both elementary school and high school . He enjoyed reading books, singing, riding a bicycle, and playing football and baseball. Martin entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was only 15 years old. Martin experienced racism early in life. He decided to do to something to make the world a better and fairer place.

    17. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Delivered by Dr. king, jr., upon receiving thenobel Peace Prize - Oslo, Norway - 10 Organizations martin luther king jr.
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    18. The King Center
    The nobel Peace Prize, at age 35, the youngest man, second American others, alongwith numerous citations, are in the Archives of The martin luther king, jr.
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    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a vital figure of the modern era. His lectures and dialogues stirred the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation. The movements and marches he led brought significant changes in the fabric of American life through his courage and selfless devotion. This devotion gave direction to thirteen years of civil rights activities. His charismatic leadership inspired men and women, young and old, in this nation and around the world. Birth and Family Martin Luther King, Jr. was born at noon on Tuesday, January 15, 1929 at the family home, 501 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Charles Johnson was the attending physician. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Also born to the Kings were Christine, now Mrs. Isaac Farris, Sr., and the Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King. The Reverend A.D. King is now deceased. Four children were born to Dr. and Mrs. King:

    19. King, Martin Luther, Jr.
    That eventful year was climaxed by the award to king of the nobel Prize for Peaceat Oslo in December. (eds.), The Papers of martin luther king, jr. (1992 ).
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    King, Martin Luther, Jr.
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    (b. Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tenn.), eloquent black Baptist minister, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement's success in ending the legal segregation of blacks in the South and other portions of the United States. King rose to national prominence through the organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference , promoting nonviolent tactics such as the massive March on Washington (1963) to achieve civil rights. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. The U.S. Congress voted to observe a national holiday in his honour, beginning in 1986, on the third Monday in January.
    Early years.
    King came from a family steeped in the tradition of the Southern black ministry: both his father and maternal grandfather were Baptist preachers. At the age of 15 he entered Morehouse College, Atlanta, under a special program for gifted students, receiving his B.A. in 1948. As an undergraduate his earlier interests in medicine and law were eclipsed by a decision in his senior year to enter the ministry, as his father had urged. Spending the next three years at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa. (bachelor of divinity, 1951), King first became acquainted with Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence as well as with the thought of contemporary Protestant theologians. He was elected president of the student body and was graduated with the highest academic average in his class. From Crozer he went to Boston University (Ph.D., 1955), where, in seeking a firm foundation for his own theological and ethical inclinations, he began to focus his attention on conceptions of the relationship of man to God. In his doctoral dissertation, "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman," his conclusions were fairly Niebuhrian. King himself conceived of God as an active, personal entity; man's salvation was to be found neither in the quest for social progress nor in the unaided power of reason; faith in God's guidance was the essential thing.

    20. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Brief Biography From LSU library. martin luther king jr.Biographical facts,photos, and quotes. nobel Prize Internet Archive Information, links.
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