Martin Luther King, Jr. would now be addressed as "Dr. King". Dr. King's involvement with the civil rights movement began with the arrest of Mrs. Rosa Parks, was arrested for not giving a white bus rider her seat, Mrs. Parks was not the first African-American to be arrested for this "crime", but she was well known in the Montgomery African-American community.

　　Dr. King and the other African-American community leaders felt a protest was needed. The African-American residents of the city were asked to boycott the bus company by walking and driving instead. The United States Supreme Court would end the boycott, which lasted 381 days, by declaring that Alabama's state and local laws requiring segregation on buses were illegal. The boycott was a success and Dr. King had showed that peaceful mass action could bring about change.

　　In April 1968 Dr. King went to Memphis. Tennessee to help the sanitation workers who were on strike. On April 3rd Dr. King would give what would be his last speech: "We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I have been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the Promised Land. And I'm not fearing any man. My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord".

　　The following day, April 4, 1968, as he was leaving his motel room. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed.

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　　马丁·路德·金1929年1月15日出生于佐治亚州的亚特兰大。其父是埃比尼亚泽洗礼堂的牧师，和他父亲一样，他也被叫做"马丁·路德"，他与父母，兄妹同住在亚特兰大。他们家离父亲布道的教堂不远，同时父亲也教后来成为马丁·路德·金生活中重要的组成部分：尊重所有的人。

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