A Guide About Alabama Civil

Rights

Montgomery AL is a city which is rich in Alabama Civil

Rights record as well as custom that should not be
neglected when you come to examine out Alabama.

Introduction

On 15 Jan 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in

Atlanta, GA. A very interesting historical note has Dr.
King's father which discover that the name of his son had
mistakenly been recorded as Michael on his birth
certificate.

Dr. King & Morehouse College

Dr. King entered Morehouse College at fifteen and graduated

with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. In 1951, after receiving a
Bachelor's of Divinity from the Crozer Theological Seminary in
Chester, Pennsylvania, he went on to study at Boston College.
Dr. King received his Doctor of Philosophy in June 1955.

In Montgomery, Dr. King

In Montgomery, Dr. King took benefit of the opportunity to

work as the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in 1953
which is one of the top attractions in Alabama. At that time, he
was twenty-four. It would provide him a day with success. When
Rosa Parks was arrested for failing to give her seat up for a
white man in December 1955,

Non-Violent Civil

Dr. King embraced the non-violent civil disobedient

philosophies which are employed by Mahatma Gandhi. He
organized marches with the particular intent for empowering
the African-American right to vote, labor, desegregation, and
civil rights.

Most Popular March

His most popular march was in 1963 when he went to

Washington, D.C. and gave his "I Have A Dream," speech in
front of the Lincoln memorial. The President Lyndon B. Johnson
later passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights
Act in 1965. The dream of Dr. King was now law.

Significant Awards

In 1964, one of the most significant awards of Dr. King was

receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. At that time, he was thirty-five
years old and the youngest recipient of Nobel. Dr. King was also
outspoken on his doubts regarding the Vietnam War.

In March 1968

In March 1968 while in Memphis, Tennessee for supporting the AfricanAmerican sanitary workers on strike, he was killed as he was standing on
the balcony of his hotel room. Posthumously, rumors surrounded him
that he had plagiarized the thesis of his doctorate and that he was a
womanizer.
But
what
he
accomplished
that
does
not
subtract - Alabama civil rights for all, particularly for AfricanAmericans. Dr. King left behind a rich legacy of work and
accomplishments

Contact US

Alabama Civil Rights History, facts, glory and lots more about those days.
Visit Alabama Civil Right Museum One the best historic, vacation place.

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