Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Celebrating the life and message of
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
- Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"



By Alexanderia Haidara

During the week of January 9, Discovery School students studied the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They learned about his universal message of world peace, equality, and justice. Students discovered how Dr. King was able to mobilize, lead, inspire, and spark social change during a difficult time in United States’ history. Students learned that through hard work, determination, and perseverance, Dr. King was able to see some of his dream come true. More importantly, Dr. King’s message inspired students to make a difference in their world.
Dr. King's legacy and dream is still alive. The Discovery School is a living example of Dr. King’s dream wherein children of different cultures and nationalities can learn, play, and work together in peace and harmony. Dr. King, like many other world leaders, sparked social change and paved the way for a brighter future. Let’s continue to educate and groom our children to be world leaders. Let’s help continue to keep Dr. King’s dream alive by giving back to our communities and volunteering on Martin Luther King Day, January 16.
“Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” –Dr. Martin Luther King

Learn about Dr. King
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a vital figure of the modern era and a pivotal figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. His lectures and dialogues stirred the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation. His charismatic leadership inspired men and women, young and old around the world.

In February 1948, at the age of 19, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. entered the Christian ministry and was ordained at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. In 1954, upon completion of graduate studies at Boston University, he accepted a call to serve as pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. During this time, he was an instrumental leader in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, made famous by the nonviolent resistance and arrest of Rosa Parks. In 1959, he resigned from his position in Montgomery and returned to Atlanta to direct the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity; its operational techniques from Gandhi. In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles.

On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee and later died. He had gone to Memphis to help lead sanitation workers in a protest against low wages and intolerable working conditions.

Learn more about Dr. King’s life from The King Center website.

Check out “I Have a Dream” speech on You Tube.
http://youtu.be/smEqnnklfYs