Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Ke Voughn Fields 9th Grade
Accelerated Center for Education
Business Information Management A
Mrs. Raibon
Browsing The Internet
Instructions: Utilizing the Internet, prepare a
presentation on the life of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
THINGS NOT TO DO
MySpace.com is not part of your project
You should not be on this site
Twitter is not a part of your project
Facebook.com is not part of your project
Martin Luther King Jr.
information.
THINGS TO DO
MOMENTS OF REFLECTION
I.
TIME
lINE
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta,
Georgia.
II.
In 1935, Martin was told that he could not play with his friends
because they were white and he was black.
III.
In 1947, Dr. King was ordained a minister.
IV.
In 1948, he graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
V.
In 1953, Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott in Boston,
Mass.
VI.
Martin became pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist church in
Montgomery, Alabama in 1954.
VII. 1955-1956, Martin Luther king led a boycott of the busses in
Montgomery, Alabama.
VIII. Martin led a march in Washington on August 28 th
steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
IX.
December 10, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize which was a great
honor. Dr. King is the youngest person to be awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize or Peace at age 35.
X.
Martin was assassinated in 1968 at the Lorraine
Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
1983-the third Monday in January was declared an
annual federal holiday by the United states
Congress
XI.
PARADE DOWN
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
FROM THE CAPITOL TO
THE WHITE HOUSE
Newspapers, and Books
Jan. 15, 1929 to April 4, 1968
place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do
n will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've
God's
looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there
with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will
With these words, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. built a
crescendo to his final speech on April 3, 1968. The next
day, the civil rights leader was shot and killed on a
balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.
SUMMARY
Dr. Martin Luther King
He was a very good man. He changed the
way I look at life as well as my self.
RESOURCES
WWW.GOOGLE.COM
WWW.SCHOLASTIC.COM
WWW.ASK.COM
Carson, Clayborne, The Autobiography of Martin
Luther King, Jr., New York, Warner, 1998.
BENNETT, LERONE, JR. WHAT MANNER: A BIOGRAPHY OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CHICAGO, JOHNSON, 1964.