Most inspirational peace hero

There is no doubt in my mind that Martin Luther King Jr. is the most inspirational peace hero of our time. Martin Luther King Jr. was a religious man and co-pastor to his grandfathers church. He was highly educated and elected by his white classmates to be their senior class president. After high school he attended Boston University and recieved his doctorate in 1955. In Boston he met his wife Coretta Scott and they had two children. Martin Luther King Jr. was always a strong activist for civil rights movements for his race. He was part of a large group called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was part of the bus boycott which allowed whites and negros to ride on the city busses together. The boycott lasted 382 days and during this time Martin Luther's home was bombed, he was arrested, and subjected to personal abuse. However, it was at this time that he became recognized for being a first class Negro leader. In the year of 1957 Martin Luther was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It was an organization formed for the civil rights movement. Between 1957-1968 Martin Luther travelled over 6 million miles and spoke over 2500 times. He went to which ever location had injustive, protest and action. He wrote 5 books and numerous articles. Martin Luther King Jr. led a protest in Alabama that shocked the entire world. He wanted negros to have voting rights and started the peace march to Washington involving 250,000 people. He told them, "I have a dream." Martin Luther was a very brave leader who was arrested more than 20 times and assulted 4 times. He was given 4 honourary degrees and named man of the year by time magazine in 1963. He was an idol to the entire world. Martin Luther recieved the nobel prize when he was just 35 years old. He was the youngest to ever recieve it. He gave his nobel prize award money to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. The amount was $54,123. Horrifically on the night of april 4,1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated while standing on his motel balcony in Tennessee. He was scheduled to lead a protest march with the garbage workers of the city who were on strike. He is deffinately the most inspirational peace hero of this time because of his courage and endurance. He did not fear death or being in danger because he knew that what he was fighting for was more important than just one person. He was willing to risk himself for his race and get awareness and knowledge to the people of the world about the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. was a true inspiration and i believe he has influenced many people and was a major eye opener in the 50-60's.



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