Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Liturgists Podcast

The Liturgists

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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An American, Christian minister and activist. He became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. J. Edgar Hoover considered King a radical and made him an object of the FBI's counter intelligence program. In October 1964, King won the Nobel Peace Prize for combatting racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. He helped organize many public marches and protests including the March on Washington and the Selma to Montgomery marches. Let's talk about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If you like this podcast, join The Liturgists to receive even more content like this and talk with other liturgists via our weekly video chat.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the liturgist podcast.
0:03.9	You are now listening to Black History is American History.
0:22.0	I'm William Matthews.
0:23.0	Hey, I'm propaganda.
0:24.2	I'm Nikki Black.
0:25.8	And I'm Anja Henry.
0:27.9	Today's moment in Black History, Dr. Martin Luther King.
0:32.8	Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister and activist.
0:37.0	He became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from
0:41.0	1955 until his assassination in 1968.
0:44.9	Born in Atlanta, Georgia, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence
0:49.4	and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.
0:55.8	King led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and in 1957 became the first president of the
1:01.5	Southern Christian Leadership Conference or SCLC.
1:05.4	With the SCLC, he led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia.
1:11.8	He also helped organize the nonviolent 1963 protests in Birmingham, Alabama.
1:16.9	He helped organize the 1963 Martha on Washington for jobs and freedom where he delivered his
1:21.4	famous I Have a Dream Speech.
1:24.2	On October 14, 1964, King won the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through
1:31.0	nonviolent resistance.
1:32.8	In 1965, he helped organize the summa to Montgomery marches.
1:37.2	The following year, he and the SCLC took the movement north to Chicago to work on segregated
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