The exploits of King Martin Luther King Jr Day 2018 is today. Who is and how the party is celebrated?
He was a minister and a Christian activist who led a leading civil rights movement and gave African Americans the courage to speak out against injustice.
But the life of Martin Luther King Jr. was tragically short when he was killed in 39. Here we tell you everything you need to know about the king and how his life, work and remember the day.
When is Martin Luther King Jr in 2018?
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an American federal holiday.
The King was born in Atlanta on January 15, and the Monday holiday is closest to that date.
Several cities and countries began celebrating the day in 1971, three years after his death, and the history became a US federal holiday in 1986.
Hundreds of streets in the United States were renamed in honor of the King, as well as an entire county in Washington State.
Almost 50 years after his death, the King remains an inspiration and the famous President Barack Obama asked that his bust be placed in the Oval Office.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr?
The king was born in 1929 and became the Baptist minister and activist, who led the nonviolent civil disobedience movement.
County County Montgomery was set up in 1955, where people opposed ethnic segregation by refusing to give up their seats to whites.
The campaign continued last year, caused by the arrest of Rosa Parks, who refused to resign from her seat.
The king organized several nonviolent protests and marches in the next decade.
He helped organize the 1963 march in Washington, where the king presented his famous speech "I Have a Dream" and earned his reputation as one of the best public speakers in the history of the United States.
Among the most famous excerpts from the king, "injustice is a threat to justice everywhere" and "our life begins to end the day we closed on things that matter to us."
In 1964, the King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent struggle against racial inequality.
In the last years of his life, the king's approach changed to include widespread resistance to poverty and the Vietnam War. The latter alienated many of his liberal allies.
In 1968, the king was planning the national occupation of Washington, called the campaign of the poor.
The king was killed in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, and his death followed riots in several cities in the United States.
He was shot by James Earl Day at 6am. M., while standing on the balcony of the second floor of Lauren Motel.
The king died an hour later at St. Joseph's Hospital and Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison after pleading not guilty to the death penalty.
Ray died in prison in 1998, when he was 70 years old.
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