Michael King Jr.'s Civil Rights Crusade

Michael King Jr.

Michael King Jr. (later Martin Luther King Jr.) was a leader of the civil rights movement who led nonviolent resistance. Beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycott movement, he inspired the world with his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in 1963 and played a decisive role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year. He dedicated his life to realizing peace and social justice, not only by seeking the abolition of racial discrimination, but also through the eradication of poverty and opposition to the Vietnam War.

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Year	Michael King Jr.
1929	Birth of Michael King Jr. (Period: January 15, 1929, Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
1941	World War II (Age: 11 years old, Period: 1941–1945, Location: No direct combat participation)
1953	Marriage (Michael King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Age: 24 years old, Period: June 18, 1953, Location: Near Marion, Alabama, United States - Scott Family Home)
1954	Ordination as Pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Michael King Jr., Age: 25 years old, Period: September 1954, Location: Montgomery, Alabama)
1955	Montgomery bus boycott (Age: 26 years old, Period: December 1955–December 1956, Location: Montgomery, Alabama, United States)
1956	King House Bombing (Age: 27 years old, Period: January 30, 1956, Location: Montgomery, Alabama)
1957	Formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Age: 27 years old, Period: January to February 1957, Location: Southern United States)
1963	Vietnam War (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1960s, especially 1963–1969, Location: Vietnam and the United States) Birmingham campaign (Age: 34 years old, Period: April 3–May 10, 1963, Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States) March on Washington and "I Have a Dream" Speech (Age: 34 years old, Period: August 28, 1963, Location: Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., United States)
1964	St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1964, Location: St. Augustine, Florida, United States) Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (Michael King Jr., Age: 34 years old, Period: 1964, Location: Oslo, Norway) Contribution to the Passage of the Civil Rights Act (Michael King Jr., Age: 34 years old, Period: 1964, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1965	Selma Voting Rights Movement (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1965, Location: Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, United States) Contribution to the Passage of the Voting Rights Act (Michael King Jr., Age: 35 years old, Period: 1965, Location: Washington, D.C. and Alabama, United States)
1967	Strengthening of the Anti-Vietnam War Movement (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1967, Location: New York and other areas, United States) Poverty Relief Efforts and Poor People's Campaign Concept (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1967–1968, Location: Regions centered on Washington, D.C., United States)
1968	Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike and King's Assassination (Age: 39 years old, Period: March to April 4, 1968, Location: Memphis, Tennessee, United States) Final Speech in Memphis (Michael King Jr., Age: 39 years old, Period: April 3, 1968, Location: Mason Temple, Memphis, Tennessee) Death of Michael King Jr. (Age: 39 years old, Period: April 4, 1968)

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The Johnson Family	Lyndon Baines Johnson Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson Luci Baines Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson Jr.
The King Family	Michael King Jr. Coretta Scott Michael King Alberta Christine Williams Alfred Daniel King Willie Christine King

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