How to Really Appreciate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

From Rosa Parks and her courageous stand that great day December 1,1955 to the July 1966 Chicago riots to the 1968 establishment of the King Center, this article is intended to familiarize you with and grant you the tools you will need in order to learn about and appreciate one of the Greatest Civil Rights Leaders in the world. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• access to a computer, and/or your local Library
• Time
• An Open Mind and Heart
• The desire to Learn

Living the Dream

1. 
   Rosa Parks Dec. 1,1955

   First go to: www.mlkonline.net/images.html--and look at all the pictures. When you move your mouse over each picture it gives you the information on that particular shot. then go to the link below to learn all about Rosa Parks and her contribution to the civil Rights Movement: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0pro-1.

2. 
   Martin Luther King Memorial

   Go to the following link to read a wonderful tribute to Dr. King: http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/mlking.htm.

3. 
   The Martin Luther King Jr. Widow and Children

   April 4th,1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated standing on the balcony of his second floor Motel room at the Lorraine Motel, Memphis. He died later at St. Joseph Hospital from a gunshot wound to the neck.

4. 
   The King center,Atlanta,Ga

   Dr King's wife: Coretta Scott King established the King center in 1968.
   The center is Located in Atlanta Ga.Follow the Link below to that page: http://www.thekingcenter.org/tkc/index.asp.