NO105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Multiracial, Critical Race Theory, Teocalli
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Civil rights movement advocate of nonviolent civil disobedience to achieve social change. He received the 1964 nobel peace prize. Father was a baptist minister, leading the ebenezer baptist church. Relationship btwn father and son was bad whipping and beating; causing depression. Doctorate in theology in 1965 at boston university. Jr. skipped grades, never graduated, got a degree in sociology in moorehouse college (black uni) His work was found to be a valuable scholar. Founded the montgomery bus boycott: a protest against segregation by race (common in the south) Racial segregation was a fundamental cause of boycott. Rosa parks: refused to give up seat violated segregation law so she was arrested. King lead the bus boycott as a result of this. The court found the segregation laws to be unconstitutional causing more protests. This lead ki(cid:374)g"s (cid:374)a(cid:373)e to (cid:271)e (cid:373)ore (cid:449)ell known as he made a difference. He was put in prison for 2 weeks.
