What lessons can you learn from Martin Luther King Jr?

Answer 1

Martin Luther King Jr believed that you can make peace without violence

King was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a Baptist minister, his mother a schoolteacher. Originally named Michael, he was later renamed Martin. He entered Morehouse College in 1944 and then went to Crozer Religious Seminary to undertake postgraduate study, receiving his doctorate in 1955.

Returning to the South to become pastor of a Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, King first achieved national renown when he helped mobilise the black boycott of the Montgomery bus system in 1955. This was organised after Rosa Parks, a black woman, refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man - in the segregated south, black people could only sit at the back of the bus. The 382-day boycott led the bus company to change its regulations, and the supreme court declared such segregation unconstitutional.

In 1957, King was active in the organisation of the Southern Leadership Christian Conference (SCLC), formed to co-ordinate protests against discrimination. He advocated non-violent direct action based on the methods of Gandhi, who led protests against British rule in India culminating in India's independence in 1947.

In 1963, King led mass protests against discriminatory practices in Birmingham, Alabama where the white population were violently resisting desegregation. The city was dubbed 'Bombingham' as attacks against civil rights protesters increased, and King was arrested and jailed for his part in the protests.

After his release, King participated in the enormous civil rights march on Washington in August 1963, and delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech, predicting a day when the promise of freedom and equality for all would become a reality in America. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1965, he led a campaign to register blacks to vote. The same year the US Congress passed the Voting Rights Act outlawing the discriminatory practices that had barred blacks from voting in the south.

As the Civil Rights Movement became increasingly radicalised, King found that his message of peaceful protest was not shared by many in the younger generation. King began to protest against the Vietnam war and poverty levels in the US. He was assassinated on 4 April 1968 during a visit to Memphis, Tennessee.
priests should not have any special powers because they were priests.

and the policy of racial equality should be made law i think im not 100% sure :)

Answer 2

Martin Luther King Jr. showed us how to live together no matter what race we were. He showed us how to solve our problems without violence and to stand up for what we believe in.
MLK changed America. He made the rules fair for the blacks and he helped the civil rights movement

Answer 3

He tought us how to live in peace and that were all the same people inside! black is the same as white and blue and red

Answer 4

The thing you can learn from Martin Luther King Jr is that he wanted peace all over the world.

Answer 5

he taught about how its wrong to talk about race and how to come together no matter what color you are.

Answer 6

Martin Luther king's famous line is "I have a dream." In other words, if you believe in something then you should follow it. Make your dreams come true.

Answer 7

every lesson ;D