Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a hard
time growing up with the segregation
laws. So when he got older he took
responsibility and decided to step up
and change those laws. He was the main
leader of the civil rights movement
during the 1950s and 1960s. Martin
effectively expressed the demands for
African American justice and rights. He
win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for
leading nonviolent marches and doing
many other things too. He was not just
trying to fix these problems just
because he had bad experiences, but
because he knew that a lot of other
people had gone through the same thing.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took
responsibility for solving a problem
even though he didn't create it. He once
said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere."
Martin is remembered today as a man who was
willing to take action.
