Breve biografia di Martin Luther King

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Biografia di Martin Luther King - Martin Luther King was born in 1929, in Atlanta.

His name was changed to Martin Luther in honor of German reformer Martin Luther. He was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He fought for civil rights. His father was also a civil rights leader. He refused a career in medicine and law and he became a Baptist minister.

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Then he studied at a theological seminary, where he learned about the non-violent methods used by Gandhi against the British in India. King was convinced that such methods would help the civil rights movement.
He first began to be well known in 1955 when he led a protest against the way black people were segregated on buses. At that time they had to sit at the back of the bus, separate from white people.

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He worked hard to make people understand that black people should always be treated equally to white people.
African Americans often went in restaurant that were only for white people. They asked for food and refused to leave until someone gave them food.

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Another strategy was to refuse to buy goods services from people who did not treat white people and black people the same. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech which was heard throughout the world: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.