Martin Luther king Junior

• Who was Martin Luther King Jr?


  • famous civil rights campaigner
  • believed in not violent protest
  • good reputation as a clergyman - brought a religious respect to the movement
  • was a misogynistic slut though
• Birmingham peace marches


  • 1963
  • Birmingham was the location because of active KKK and no desegregated facilities
  • African American owned properties were bombed so often it was nicknamed 'bombingham'
  • 1000s were arrested including Martin Luther king jr
• Childrens march


  • 1963
  • mainly teenagers but some people as young as six protested
  • 1000 children were arrested by the end of the day
  • next day they did it again but because Jails were full police sprayed the children with water and set dogs on them
  • publicity for civil rights movement