Honoring His Legacy - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S

renewed march from
Selma to Montgomery
after Bloody Sunday
created support for the
Voting Rights Act of 1965,
which ended the voter
qualifications tests used to
prevent Blacks from
registering to vote.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

was sent to jail after the
Birmingham incident in
which marching children
were violently attacked by
police. As a result, many
Americans were
encouraged to support
national legislation
against segregation.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S

massive protest march on
Washington, D.C. and his
legendary “I Have a
Dream” speech in 1963
resulted in the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 and his
awarding of the 1964
Nobel Prize for Peace.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S

opposition to the Vietnam
War from 1959 to 1975,
which angered President
Lyndon Johnson, caused
many supporters to shift
their civil rights activism
to the antiwar movement.