Martin Luther King Jr.
- Style
- Pencil
- Peak Era
- 1960s
- Born
- 1929
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2024
- Fan Votes
- 0 legendary · 0 meh
About Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. He earned a doctorate from Boston University and was pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, when he was chosen in 1955 to lead the Montgomery bus boycott, the campaign that launched the modern civil rights movement.
As president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, King led nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, Selma, and elsewhere, wrote the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963), and delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in August 1963. He was named Time magazine\'s Man of the Year and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 at age 35.
He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, while supporting striking sanitation workers. His birthday is a U.S. federal holiday, and his memorial stands on the National Mall.
Why the Stach Became Iconic
King\'s thin, neatly trimmed mustache was part of a deliberately dignified, professional presentation that the movement used to confront injustice with moral authority. It is one of the most recognizable faces of the 20th century, and the mustache is part of that face in every photograph, mural, and monument.
Mr. Stach presents this entry with respect.
Notable Moments
- Montgomery bus boycott (1955–1956)
- Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
- "I Have a Dream" speech, March on Washington (1963)
- Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
- Selma to Montgomery marches (1965)
- He was the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the time of his award, at 35.
- He skipped two grades and entered Morehouse College at 15.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in 1986.
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