The key that locked Martin Luther King, Jr. in a Birmingham jail cell in April of 1963.
He was violently arrested by two white police officers for non-violent marching & protesting during the Birmingham campaign.
It was in this jail cell that he wrote the now famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
Many speeches on unity and racism us this letter as reference.
He was violently arrested by two white police officers for non-violent marching & protesting during the Birmingham campaign.
It was in this jail cell that he wrote the now famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
Many speeches on unity and racism us this letter as reference.
The Nobel Peace Prize Medal that Martin Luther King, Jr. received for his nonviolent
resistance to racial prejudice in America
He was the youngest to ever receive the medal at the age of 35.
When notified that he won this award, he donated his prize winnings of $54,000 to
the civil rights movement.
The Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where Martin Luther King, Jr.
served as a pastor. He had also organized the Montgomery bus boycott
in the basement of this church. The boycott was a protest against racial segregation of
the public transportation system in Montgomery, Alabama. This is about the time MLK, Jr.
met Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger.
This is about the time MLK, Jr. met Rosa Parks,
who refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger.
She was his inspiration to organize the boycott.
The wreath at the Lorraine Motel, Room 306 in Memphis, Tennessee - a memorial to MLK, Jr.
The wreath signifies the balcony where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
on April 4, 1968. The motel was later turned into a non-profit memorial and
The National Civil Rights Museum, where you can see the gun that murdered MLK, Jr.,
and shows the history of the civil rights movement from the 17th century to present time.