Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (on the third Monday of January)

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America. He experienced racism early in life. He decided to do to something to make the world a better and fairer place.
During the 1950's, Dr. King became active in the movement for civil rights and racial equality. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.

Dr. King's 1963 I Have a Dream speech:

Listen to this MP3 file. You can read the script and do an activity connected with the MP3 file first.