Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th, 1929, and so began his legacy. He was an educated man, with a doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University. As King was working on his PhD he was given the pastorate of Dexter Avenue Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Perhaps the event that sparked King's rise to fame and leadership is the Montgomery bus boycott. In 1955 a woman by the name of Rosa Parks brought on the boycott, by one day refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Led by her influence, many black residents formed the Montgomery Improvement association. This newly formed association elected King as their leader. Despite their good intentions, many of the members as well as King were convicted. The charges affirmed that they were conspiring to conflict with the B

In order to be an effective non-violent protestor, according to Dr. King, one must be willing to suffer. If they are passionate about their cause they will accept imprisonment or violence against them. Retaliation was not acceptable. In fact, retaliation would show mental weakness and defeat the purpose of changing the opponent's opinions. Faith in justice would prevail.

Many other of King's feats were widely recognised. Some of these included heading the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, initiating the Poor People's campaign which dealt with some economic problems that weren't previously addressed by civil rights, desegregating many other public places such as lunch counters, becoming Time Magazine's Man of the Year, and receiving the Nobel peace Prize in 1964.

Martin Luther King roused a lot of anger from white supremacists and basically the general public because of his ambition and persistence. On April 4, 1968 while assisting a Garbage workers strike, he was assassinated. The alleged assassin was James Earl Ray, but to this day the controversy remains. It is apparent that nobody really looked into his death as much as they should have. The evidence was questionable and the investigations were not thorough. It is kind of ironic to name a holiday after such a great man, when nobody bothered to look into his murder.

Lastly, a further of King's philosophies was the belief in Agape love. Agape is a Greek word for one of the types of love. It is the love of God in our hearts, which is spontaneous, creative, groundless and unmotivated. It can't differentiate between 'worthy' or 'unworthy' people. This love is one that seeks to please another, and not yourself.

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