Martin Luther King Jr. Coloring Page

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and he became a Baptist minister like his father. He became a leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, and for the rest of his life he led peaceful marches and protests against racial segregation.

On August 28, 1963, he gave the “I Have a Dream” speech to about 250,000 people at the March on Washington. In 1964 he won the Nobel Peace Prize at 35, which made him one of the youngest winners at the time. He was killed in Memphis in 1968.