My dreams and hopes for the future are motivated by Mr. King's inspirational quote while reminding me to continue to have the stamina I have had since childhood. He was born on January 15, 1929. Martin Luther King Jr, was a noble man, who had an eventful life. Martin Luther King Jr. is a symbol of social justice all over the United States. Everything King did started with his childhood. His parents taught him about how blacks were treated and why it shouldn't be like that. They said that God made everyone equal but some people were just too ignorant to see it. He was a hero to many and inspired most. His father was a faithful Baptist preacher and his mother was a schoolteacher. He entered college when he was only fifteen years old and graduated seven years later with a Ph.D. in Theology. .
Dr. King was one of the most heroic and respected leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. He sacrificed his life for the dream of equal rights. The horrible consequences of being a Black person and standing up for fairness are unpredictable. As a committed leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he traveled about 780,000 miles and made 208 speeches. Dr. King published his first book, Stride toward Freedom, in 1958. In 1962, Dr. King met with President John F. Kennedy, urging support for civil rights. In 1963, Dr. King led protests in Birmingham for desegregated department store facilities and fair hiring. While held in jail for demonstrating against a court order he wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail." In August, Dr. King gave his most famous speech, "I Have a Dream." Over Fifty years ago the Civil Rights Movement led a man to make one of the greatest speeches in American History. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech and influenced not just the way we see African Americans, but racism overall. From his time to today there has been much improvement in the way that society views racism and segregation.