15 Martin Luther King Jr. Coloring Pages - Free!

When we talk about an activist who became more than a spokesperson, it is impossible not to think of Martin Luther King Jr. He was a character of great importance in the civil rights movement.

He was an African American leader, and the son of the activist Martin Luther King Sr. He opposed war and racial discrimination, this being one of his most important contributions and movements.

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1. His birth name was Michael King Jr., but his father changed his name to Martin Luther King in honor of the German religious reformer Martin Luther.
2. Martin Luther King was the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1954 to 1960.
3. Martin Luther King became a national leader of the civil rights movement in the United States in the mid-1950s.
4. Martin Luther King was the lead organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
5. Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work to promote peace and racial justice.
6. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.
7. Martin Luther King Jr. was 39 years old when he died.
8. Martin Luther King Jr. was married to Coretta Scott King and they had four children: Yolanda, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott and Bernice Albertine.
9. Martin Luther King was a devout Christian and believed in the power of love and nonviolence to achieve social change.
10. More than 900 streets in the United States are named after Martin Luther King.
11. Martin Luther King was a visionary leader who helped change the course of the history of the United States.
12. Martin Luther King not only received the Nobel Peace Prize, but he was also the youngest man to receive that award, at just 35 years old.
13. Martin Luther King's birthday is celebrated on the third Monday of January each year as a federal holiday in the United States.
14. King started studying at university at the age of 15. Amazing! He earned a degree in sociology in 1948.
15. Martin Luther King Jr. won a Grammy award for his speech "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam," which was recorded on vinyl, and which won the award for "Best Spoken Word Album" in 1969.