When Martin Luther King, Jr. was a boy in Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1930s, sometimes bullies picked on him. Even though he was angry, he didn´t fight back. He stood up to them and TALKED them into getting along together. That was the beginning of his work as a peacemaker.When Dr. King was growing up, black children and white children had to go to separate schools. Black people had to drink from separate water fountains and eat in separate restaurants. If a white person got on a bus, the black people had to move to the back. It was the law. He made up his mind that when he grew up, he would try to change unjust laws.
His dream was that one day everyone would have equal rights. All his life, Dr. King fought for civil rights. He was determined to make changes in a non-violent way. Because of him, many laws were changed and people all over the world learned to be kinder and fairer to each other.
Dr. King died in 1968. But in 1986, the United States celebrated the first Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, an offical national holiday. It takes place the third Monday of each January. What can you do to help continue Dr. King´s dream of peace and equality? Read on... Read on...
