Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin had a brother, Alfred, and a sister, Christine. Both his father and grandfather were ministers. His mother was a schoolteacher who taught him how to read before he went to school.
Take some time out of your day today to watch this with your children. It is very important to teach our children about the past struggles that our country endured.
Here are some wonderful links to free printables"
MLK Reading Comprehension/ Biography
various MLK FREE printable worksheets
Young Martin was an excellent student in school; he skipped grades in both elementary school and high school . He enjoyed reading books, singing, riding a bicycle, and playing football and baseball. Martin entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was only 15 years old.
Martin experienced racism early in life. He decided to do to something to make the world a better and fairer place.
After graduating from college and getting married, Dr. King became a minister and moved to Alabama.
During the 1950's, Dr. King became active in the movement for civil rights and racial equality. He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in January, the month in which he was born. August 28, the anniversary of Dr. King's 1963 I Have a Dream speech, is called "Dream Day."
Have a Dream Speech: Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington - August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.
"Free at last! free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
I have a FREE printable in my printables sections to download the Martin Luther Kind Jr "I Have A Dream" Worksheet. HERE
