Martin Luther King lead protests and marches for African Americans to gain the right to vote, desegregation, labour rights, and other rights. Every act of civil disobedience portrayed by Martin Luther King was non-violent. Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 and became one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement. He was a Baptist minister and a strong political activist. In 1955, after Rosa Parks didn't give up her seat to a white man on a bus, Martin led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott lasted 382 days and in the middle of it all King's house was bombed. In 1963, Martin Luther King took part in organizing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In 1964, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest man to receive the prestigious endowment. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. Nine years after King's unfortunate annihilation, Jimmy Carter rewarded him with the Presidential Metal of Freedom. Martin Luther King Day was established in 1986 as a United States holiday and in 2004 he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.
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