PPT-Martin Luther

K ing Jr He was born Michael King but his father changed his name in honor of German reformer Martin Luther A Baptist minister King became a civil rights activist early in his career He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC in 1957 serving as its first president With the SCLC King led an unsuccessful struggle against segregation in Albany Georgia in 1962 and organized nonviolent protests in Birmingham Alabama that attracted national attention following television news coverage of the brutal police response King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington where he delivered his I Have a Dream speech There he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history He also established his reputation as a radical and became an object of the Federal Bureau of Investigations COINTELPRO for the rest of his life. Contest 2013. Theme:. The Injustice of Silence. Contest Theme. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – The Injustice of . Silence. In . 1965, in a speech at Dinkier Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia,  Dr. King said, "History will have to record the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the vitriolic words and other violent actions of the bad people but the appalling silence and indifference of the good people. Our generation will have to repent not only the words and acts of the children of darkness but also for the fears and apathy of the children of light.”. Birth:January. . 15, . 1929. . Death: April . 4, . 1968. Martin’s family called him . “M.L.” . He was a very bright boy, and everyone was amazed at what a good memory he had. His parents got him into first grade when he was five, instead of six. But M.L. liked to tell people the . http://. hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/01/19/martin-luther-king-speeches. Two Revolutionaries. Martin Luther d. 1546. Protest Against Catholic Church . Martin Luther King, Jr. d. 1968. Protest Against US Government. Martin . Luther. King . Junior. Early life . Martin . Luther. . King. . Junior . was born on 15. th. January 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. Like all black people in USA in the twentieth century he experienced racism in everyday life. His two parents were Baptist preachers wanted him to have a good opinion of himself. . luther. King. jr. Biography. Martin Luther King, Jr.. , (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro institution of Atlanta from which both his father and grandfather had graduated. After three years of theological study at . By: Amanda. I HAVE A DREAM…. January 15. th. , 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia . BIRTHDAY. Education. Graduated . from Morehouse College in . Atlanta, Georgia with . a BA degree in . Sociology. Graduated . Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929. He died in 1968. . Martin worked hard to make sure that everyone was treated the same.. When Martin was a boy, he saw that Americans with different skin colors were not always treated the same. . a protest in the recent . past. . What were people . protesting . against? How did they . protest. ? . Were they successful?. OR:. What . would you be willing to . protest . for (Risk life, limb, . Why learn about him?. The Lutheran church is named after him. But that’s not what he . w. anted. He wanted it to be called the . Gospel-centered church. (evangelical) Because “. ev. ” means “good,” and. that . . every believer is a Priest.. “For whoever comes out of the water of baptism can boast that he is already a consecrated priest, bishop, and pope, although of course it is not seemly that just anybody shall exercise such office.” . Birth of Luther. Early Life. Went to study law.. Got caught in a thunderstorm and vowed to dedicate his life to God.. Joined the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine.. Journey to Rome in 1510.. Developed many criticisms while there of the Church.. Birth of Luther. Early Life. Went to study law.. Got caught in a thunderstorm and vowed to dedicate his life to God.. Joined the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine.. Journey to Rome in 1510.. Developed many criticisms while there of the Church.. The Reformation. Setting the stage:. By the tenth century, the . Roman Catholic Church . dominated religious life in Northern and Western . Europe.. Many people began to . criticize. the Church’s . Church History,. Unit 4. At the start of the fifteenth century, the Church was in a volatile predicament, resulting from questionable practices that had become far too commonplace.. Chief among these was the practice of selling indulgences..