Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Junior was born on the 5th January 1929 and he died on the 4th April 1968.Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis as he was delivering a speed for an assembl- at this moment he was just 39 years old. This murder was officially attributed to James Earl Ray, a white man but it’s not sure.

Martin Luther King was an American Pastor, activist, humanitarian and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was best known for improving civil rights by using nonviolent civil disobedience, based on his christian beliefs.

vidéo:Martin Luther King’s life: https://youtu.be/PyurjhRNOmw

Martin Luther King pronounced the speech “I have a dream” the 28th August 1963 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, the speech was very famous in the world; here is an extract:

« I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: « We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. »

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of « interposition » and « nullification » — one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today! »

Martin Luther King was married with Coretta Scott the 18th June 1953. They had four children: Yolanda, Martin, Dexter and Bernice.