[281], King's wife Coretta Scott King followed in her husband's footsteps and was active in matters of social justice and civil rights until her death in 2006. King and Ralph Abernathy, both from the middle class, moved into a building at 1550 S. Hamlin Avenue, in the slums of North Lawndale[164] on Chicago's West Side, as an educational experience and to demonstrate their support and empathy for the poor. "[354] King refused to give in to the FBI's threats. It is exposing evils that are rooted deeply in the whole structure of our society. They both have weaknesses ... And I'm not inextricably bound to either party. The investigation report recommended no further investigation unless some new reliable facts are presented. [252] An examination of the rifle containing Ray's fingerprints determined that at least one shot was fired from the firearm at the time of the assassination. [24] King's father later remarked, "[King] was the most peculiar child whenever you whipped him. [29] In September 1935, when the boys were about six years old, they started school. You don't have a black role. [212][213][214] The campaign culminated in a march on Washington, D.C., demanding economic aid to the poorest communities of the United States. [236] James Farmer Jr. and other civil rights leaders also called for non-violent action, while the more militant Stokely Carmichael called for a more forceful response. "[332] King then went to Southside Presbyterian, a predominantly Native American church, and was fascinated by their photos.

Martin served on the committee formed to seek a compromise on representation, where he supported the case for equal numbers of delegates in at least one house.

[56] At this point, he stated, "doubts began to spring forth unrelentingly. [405], King was second in Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. The bullet entered through his right cheek, smashing his jaw, then traveled down his spinal cord before lodging in his shoulder. [14] He told King afterwards, "I don't care how long I have to live with this system, I will never accept it. He contrasted this with the situation faced by poor Americans, claiming that Congress had merely provided "poverty funds with miserliness. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. "[181] He spoke strongly against the U.S.'s role in the war, arguing that the U.S. was in Vietnam "to occupy it as an American colony"[182] and calling the U.S. government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today. There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face not only in the United States of America but all over the world today. [70] In Boston, King befriended a small cadre of local ministers his age, and sometimes guest pastored at their churches, including the Reverend Michael Haynes, associate pastor at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury (and younger brother of jazz drummer Roy Haynes).

In a 1965 Playboy interview, he stated that "there are as many Communists in this freedom movement as there are Eskimos in Florida. "[123] Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, arranged for $160,000 to bail out King and his fellow protestors. [359], In 1977, Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. ordered all known copies of the recorded audiotapes and written transcripts resulting from the FBI's electronic surveillance of King between 1963 and 1968 to be held in the National Archives and sealed from public access until 2027. "[67] In his third year at Crozer, King became romantically involved with the white daughter of an immigrant German woman who worked as a cook in the cafeteria. [110], King returned in July 1962 and was given the option of forty-five days in jail or a $178 fine (equivalent to $1,500 in 2019); he chose jail.

[113] Though the Albany effort proved a key lesson in tactics for King and the national civil rights movement,[114] the national media was highly critical of King's role in the defeat, and the SCLC's lack of results contributed to a growing gulf between the organization and the more radical SNCC. [6] King's older sister is Christine King Farris and his younger brother was A.D. [5][17][18][16], Shortly after marrying Alberta, King Sr. became assistant pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Ralph Abernathy, who was present at the assassination, testified to the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations that King and his entourage stayed at Room 306 so often that it was known as the "King-Abernathy suite. [359] Lyndon B. Johnson once said that King was a "hypocritical preacher".

Curry was later found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

[130] A local judge issued an injunction that barred any gathering of three or more people affiliated with the SNCC, SCLC, DCVL, or any of 41 named civil rights leaders. [67] The African-American students of Crozer for the most part conducted their social activity on Edwards Street. They went out for dates in his green Chevy. [278], King's main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the U.S. Just days after King's assassination, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968. [36] Upon returning home, he found out that she had suffered a heart attack and died while being transported to a hospital.

[108][109], The Albany Movement was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November 1961. [166] [144][145][146] Despite tensions, the march was a resounding success. While studying at Boston University, he asked a friend from Atlanta named Mary Powell, who was a student at the New England Conservatory of Music, if she knew any nice Southern girls. [16][17] Until Jennie's death in 1941, they lived together on the second floor of her parent's two-story Victorian house, where King was born.