Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great man who worked for
racial equality in the United States of America. 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.