Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights activist and leader in the movement to end racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent protest. He delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech and became the youngest person awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. After King's assassination in 1968, a campaign began to honor him with a federal holiday, and in 1983 Congress passed a bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day to be observed annually on the third Monday of January.

1. Martin Luther King was a important
Civil Right’s activist, he is a leader
in the movement to end racial
segregation, in the United States.

2. His more famous speech was I Have A
Dream, he was an supporter of non violent
protest and he became the youngest man
too be awarded the nobel peace prize.

3. Martin Luther King is assassinated in
nineteen sixty-eight and after Martin
Luther King died, a campaign was
started for his birthday to become
a Holiday for to honor him.

4. congress passed a bill into 1983 for
Martin Luther King Day. Martin Luther
King Day will be a Federal holiday held
on the 3rd Monday of January.

5. Martin Luther King Day will be 1st observed
in 1986 although it was not observed in
all states til the year two thousand,