Person+of+Perseverance

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. had an older sister, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King. Martin Luther King shows perseverance because he didn't let people down because the color of his skin. He would never give up on people if they needed help. He didn't want there to be racism anymore.

He always read speeches and they always started with " I had a Dream". He was a leader in the African American Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a holiday in 1986. Here is one of his well-known speeches:

"All I'm saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we're caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."