Martin Luther King Day in Florida USA. 

On the 3rd Monday of January each year the United States celebrate the Martin Luther King Day. This holiday exists since 1968 in memorial of Martin Luther King who was shot in Memphis during a strike. In 1986 the Congress of the United States made the so far unofficial holiday to a statutory holiday where schools, offices and departments remain closed.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on 15^th of January 1929 as a son of an African-American Baptist preacher. He was an astute student and graduated in sociology when he was 19. In Chester, Pennsylvania he studied theology for 3 years. He received his doctorate in 1955 from the Boston University. At that time he was already operating as a pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

As in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama the civil rights movement was established Martin Luther King soon became a leading personalities. The aim of the civil rights movement was the abolition of legal discrimination such as the lack of suffrage. 

To achieve his objectives Martin Luther King chose the non violent confrontation which also was successful with Gandhi in India. After 382 days of non-violent resistance the racial segregation laws of Alabama were repealed as unconstitutional.

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