Unit 3 - Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and he was the youngest winner of the prize. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee at the Lorraine Motel. King was also posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter in 1977, awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004, and in 1986 Martin Luther King Day was established as a United States holiday. Martin Luther King's most influential and most-famous public address is the "I Have A Dream" speech, which he held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC in 1963.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Figurehead for the African-Americans and inspired many people to live free from racism. His influence is still felt by many people even after his assassination in 1968. If it weren't for Martin Luther King, Black People might not have gotten their rights earlier or at all.

Martin Luther King Jr. is still remembered to this day but his dream is not complete because there is still a lot of Racism in America and the world, but it has improved due to him. I wonder if Martin Luther King had not been assassinated would there be less racism or would everything had gone wrong. These are questions we'll never be able to answer but the work he had done for civil rights will be remembered forever.