1954 Martin Luther king became the pastor of dexter street baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. 1 955 65438+February1day, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus, so she was arrested by local police officers of Montgomery Festival police authorities for violating the bus seat segregation regulations. Martin Luther King immediately organized the Montgomery Automobile Strike Movement (Montgomery Municipal Improvement Association), calling on nearly 50,000 blacks in the city to boycott public laws and companies 1 year, forcing the court to decide to cancel the seat isolation on local transportation. Since then, he has become the leader of the civil rights movement. He was arrested for vagrancy. 1963 king organized a Washington parade for black people's employment opportunities and freedom. 1964 won the Nobel Peace Prize. 1On April 4th, 968, he was shot in the throat by a racist assassin on the balcony of the hotel and died.
1986 65438+ 10, President Ronald Reagan signed a decree, stipulating that the third Monday of 1 0 is the National Day of Martin Luther King Jr. in the United States every year to commemorate this great man and make it a legal holiday. So far, there are only three examples in the United States that regard personal memorial day as a legal holiday, namely Columbus Day in memory of Columbus who discovered America (1the second Monday in October), President Day in memory of George Washington (the third Monday in February), and Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Day mentioned here. His most influential and well-known speech was1I have a dream on August 28, 963, which forced the US Congress to pass the civil rights bill in 1964, declaring the policies of apartheid and racial discrimination illegal.
Martin Luther King fought for equality for blacks and launched the civil rights movement in the United States, which made great achievements and was famous all over the world. Before King became an activist in the civil rights movement, he was a pastor of a Baptist church, which was necessary in the black community. The civil rights movement is the product of the African-American church. This paper describes King's first speech on civil rights and reveals the relationship between the civil rights movement and the African-American church.
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1.1968 On April 4th, Martin Luther King, American black civil rights leader, was assassinated at the age of 39.
2.1In April, 968, Martin Luther King went to Memphis to lead a workers' strike and stayed at the Lorraine Motel. Before dinner on the 4th, he stood on the balcony of Room 300 on the second floor, talking to people. At this time, in an apartment across the street, a sniper shot at him with a steam rifle with an observation mirror. The bullet went through his neck from the front and exploded behind his chin, and he immediately fell to the ground.
3. Martin Luther King was born on 19291October 29th in a pastor's family in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 1955 After receiving a doctorate in theology from Boston University, he also became a priest.
4. 1 95565438+February1On a bus in Montgomery, USA, a woman named Rosa? The black tailor in the park was arrested for refusing to give up his seat to the white man. Martin Luther King immediately called on blacks to strike and become the leader of the black civil rights movement.
He advocates fighting for the rights and interests of black people in a non-violent way. He believes that as long as a country's founding concept is humane and free, even if there are many dark corners due to historical reasons, the people's demands for equality and justice will win sooner or later.
6.1960 65438+1October 3 1 day, a black college student went to a chain store to buy wine, but was refused because' we don't serve black people'. Martin Luther King initiated the "Seating Movement". He calmly entered any place that refused to serve the black people, made a polite request and didn't leave until they got it. In less than two months, the movement swept through more than 50 cities in the southern United States. Participants don't fight back, don't talk back, dress neatly, have meticulous hair, and ask for service with the most dignified eyes. Even if you are ridiculed and insulted, you are still humble and can't get service, so you sit down and study. Many people were arrested in the "movement", but Martin Luther King has issued a call to "fill the prison".
7.1On August 28th, 963, Martin Luther King held a large-scale black rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington Square and delivered a famous speech "I have a dream". On the same day, President Kennedy invited him to visit the White House. 1964, Martin Luther king was awarded the nobel peace prize. After his death, President Reagan designated the third week of February as Martin Luther King Day.
Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States (196 1 ~ 1963). Born in 19 17 on May 29th, and died in 19631October 22nd. Graduated from Harvard University. In World War II, the torpedo boat he commanded was sunk by the Japanese navy, and he was seriously injured and fled to a desert island behind enemy lines. Later, he led the soldiers back to the team. At the age of 29, he won the House of Representatives election and was re-elected for three terms (1947 ~ 1953). In Congress, he paid attention to social relief and civilian welfare internally, opposed imperialism externally and supported the Cold War. He was dissatisfied with Truman's policy of forcing Chiang Kai-shek to reunify with China. He entered the Senate in 1953, when McCarthy's anti-* * movement prevailed and a large number of federal civil servants were purged on charges of sympathizing with the * * * production party, which Kennedy had no objection to. 1956 He wrote and published The Legend of the Brave and won the Pulitzer Prize. In the late 1950s, he served as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Advocate expanding aid to Africa and newly independent countries. His political views are gradually leaning to the left, and his popularity in the Democratic Party is gradually rising. 1958 was re-elected as a senator, and 1960 announced his candidacy for the presidency. He defeated the party candidate Nixon by a narrow majority, becoming the youngest president in American history and the first president who believed in Catholicism. He was in power for 1037 days, and at the beginning of his tenure, he suffered a fiasco of American invasion of Cuba. In June, 196 1 held talks with Soviet leader Khrushchev in Vienna, and took a tough stance on the threat that the Soviet Union would sign a peace treaty with East Germany alone. 1962 10 found that the Soviet Union had set up missiles in Cuba, and he ordered a blockade of Cuba, forcing the Soviet Union to withdraw its missile devices. 10 months later, the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Kennedy organized the Alliance for Progress in Latin America and the Peace Corps. His legislation to reduce income tax and expand human rights was postponed until his death. 1963165438+10, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.