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Martin luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929 in 

the racist Atlanta, Georgia. King learned from his 

father about non-violent protests against 

segregation at an early age. Being exposed to 

churches all his childhood, he became fond of music 

and singing. At one point he was even recognized 

for his singing abilities. As he got older King became 

more known for his public speaking abilities and was 

even apart of his high schools debate club. Dr. King 

was also smart enough to pass his freshman and 

senior year of high school. Afterwards he was 

immediately accepted to Morehouse College for his 

immaculate grades.     

 King was an amazing student. He attended 

college all the way to receive his doctorate 

degree. He attended Boston University to study 

systematic theology, or Christian theories. He 

then married his wife Coretta Scott King and 

had four children. His wife had took over his 

protests and practices shortly after his death.

During earning his doctorate Martin met a man named 

Benjamin E. Mays. Benjamin helped influence King’s 

spiritual development. Martin soon became a gospel 

preacher before becoming a gospel preacher. King 

became a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church 

in Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 25 in 1954. As a 

christian minister, his faith was strongly based on 

Jesus and the christian gospels. King always quoted in 

his religious meetings and speeches at church his 

commitment to love everyone, to pray and bless them. 

King’s faith is the base of his non-violence protest. 

Martin Luther King was always about peace. When he 

did protest and marches they were all peaceful. He 

didn’t want   blacks being violent because he didn’t 

want them to be prosecuted, hurt or even killed. His 

protests had many peaceful principles that all of his 

protests were based on. The first, was that   one can 

resist evil without resorting to violence. Second, was  

that being peaceful finds the friendship and 

understanding in your opponent. Third, was that non-

violent protest resulted in people not getting hurt 

physically and emotionally as well. Another was that if 

you were a non-violent protester that must believe a 

change will eventually happen and have faith in the 

future of change in the nation. 

On December 1, 1955, Rosa parks was arrested for 

not giving up her seat on a bus for a white person to 

sit down. This incident with Rosa created the 

Montgomery Bus Boycott planned by Nixon and led by 

King. The boycott lasted 385 days, the situation 

became so tense that King’s house was bombed. 

When King was arrested during the campaign, it 

resulted in the ruling of Browder V. Gayle that ended 

racial segregation on all Montgomery public buses. 

King’s role in the bus boycott made him a national 

figure and one of the best spokesmen of the civil rights 

movement.   

King who was the leader   of the Southern 

Christian Leadership Conference and a prime 

member of the NAACP, he pushed for many 

changes in the government. Being a leader in 

both groups lead to memorable sit-ins, 

marches, and boycotts. He attacked every 

issue one by one and city by city. King even 

talked to presidents and prime political leaders 

for a push to change, with many failures, and 

many successful attempts.  

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