补充阅读 Biography of Martin Luther King

Biography of Martin Luther KingMartin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King, Sr. Alberta Kings father was the minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church where Reverend King, Sr. and Reverend King, Jr. served as pastors. Martin Luther King, Jr. earned his B.A. degree at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, a B.D. degree at Croser Theological Seminary, Chester, Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. degree at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1954, Reverend King began his pastoral career at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. His involvement in the civil rights movement was the result of Mrs. Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat to a white person. When the Montgomery Improvement Association was formed in December 1955, King was elected president of the association. The United States Supreme Court decision declaring Alabama law segregation on buses illegal was the victory from which King emerged as a national hero and resulted in the formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He inspired people of all races and ethnic backgrounds to join in a peaceful, nonviolent protest against segregation. On August 29, 1963, he made his most famous speech, I Have a Dream, at the Lincoln Memorial to an audience, measured, at that time, to be the largest civil rights demonstration in the history of the United States. King traveled numerous miles and made hundreds of speeches during the course of his quest for the dream of equality and freedom for all Americans, especially African-Americans. Universities awarded him honorary degrees, and religious and civic organizations presented him medals and citations. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Although he was not the first Negro to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, at thirty-five years old, he was the youngest man to receive the award. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He left a widow, Coretta Scott King, and four young children.Questions on the text:1. King became involved in the civil rights movement when _.a) he was at college b) Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat up to a white person c) Rosa Parks gave up her bus seat to a white person d) he led marches for freedom for Americans 2. What was Martin Luther Kings dream? 3. When Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize, he was _.a) the first black person to receive the award b) the first American to receive the award c) the first minister to receive the award d) the youngest man to receive the award 4. Martin Luther King believed in fighting segregation _.a) peacefully and non-violently b) in whatever way he could c) with violence if necessaryd) with the greatest numbers of people 5. What did Martin Luther King inspire people to do? 6. Segregation means _.a) separating one material from another material b) standing apart from another person c) separating people of different races d) all of the above Key