Slide 1: “I believe unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word……”
Slide 3: 1929: Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, GA
Slide 4: 1948: Graduates from Morehouse College
Slide 5: 1954: Marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Georgia.
Slide 6: Dr. King
Slide 7: 1955: Begins ministering at the Dexter Avenue Church, Montgomery, Alabama.
Slide 8: 1956: District court rules bus segregation is unconstitutional.
Slide 9: 1957: Civil Rights Commission is created by the federal government.
Slide 10: 1958: King’s book, “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story” is published.
Slide 11: King is ordained at the age of 19, receives his Ph.D. degree in 1955.
Slide 12: Dr. King was arrested numerous times during Civil Rights Movement.
Slide 13: Received 20 honorary doctorate degrees.
Slide 15: A Friend to all.
Slide 16: 1964: Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Slide 17: Coretta marching by his side……
Slide 18: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Makes an impact.
Slide 19: ROSA PARKS, a woman of courage.
Slide 20: Freedom March… Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
Slide 22: Dr. King is fatally shot in Memphis, Tennessee
Slide 23: Coretta and children … ….Mourn
Slide 24: April 19, 1968 Dr. King’s funeral is an international event.
Slide 26: November 2, 1986 President Reagan declares a national holiday in King’s honor.
Slide 27: Equal rights for all…
Slide 28: Tolerance…
Slide 29: Nonviolence…
Slide 30: Faith….
Slide 31: To many die for the cause of Civil Rights.
Slide 32: Peace….
Slide 33: Equality for all….
Slide 34: Allow us to eat at your table….
Slide 35: The King family
Slide 36: Persistence will prevail…..
Slide 37: Thousands march in Detroit….
Slide 38: Dr. King’s final freedom march…
Slide 39: Free At Last….
Slide 40: August 28, 1963 March on Washington “I Have a Dream”
Slide 41: Desegregation of Little Rock High School
Slide 42: STOP THE VIOLENCE!!
Slide 44: We Shall Overcome We Shall Overcome,
Slide 45: We Shall overcome some day
Slide 46: Oh, deep in my heart (I know that)
Slide 47: I do believe: We shall overcome some day.
Slide 48: We’ll walk hand in hand.
Slide 49: We shall live in peace.
Slide 50: We are not afraid.
Slide 51: We shall all be free.
Slide 52: We are not alone.
Slide 53: We SHALL OVERCOME!!!
Slide 54: Works Cited: http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=rosaPar  http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/ht ml/bh005.html  http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/ci vilrights-55-65/  http://www.midsouth.rr.com/civilrights/  http://www.sitins.com/ 