1. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Research via: www. Worldbook.com
Student Name: Nia Hargett
Date: January 10,2010
MECPS, Mr. Jiang

2. Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Leader of the civil rights movement and an activist

3. Quotes from "I Have a Dream”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal”
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice

4. Books Dr. King wrote?
A testament of hope
Why we cant wait

5. His Early life: King sang at his church choir in 1939
He was skeptical of Christianity claims

6. The early civil rights movement
He preached to have equal rights and to live in peace

7. Dr. King’s contribution:
He taught teachings of civil rights