In this world, there are many people who have shown great courage and tried to make the world a better place. Among these people, one of them is Martin Luther King Jr. He made the world a better place for black citizens by leading non-violence movements and marched towards freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia as Michael King Jr., but changed his name to Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of the Protestant Martin Luther. Through his activism, King played a central role in ending legal discrimination against African American citizens. During his childhood, Martin Jr.'s father strongly viewed racism and segregation as an affront to God's will and strongly discouraged any sense of class superiority in his children. It left a lasting impression on Martin Luther King Jr. When Martin was 12, his grandmother died of a heart attack. He was so upset by the news that he attempted suicide at his family home in May 1941 (Martin Luther King Jr., Biography). He blamed himself for his grandmother's death because his 6-year-old child, when he was supposed to be home watching his 6-year-old brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King, was watching a parade, and his younger brother knocked his grandmother unconscious by sliding down a banister (8 things you probably didn't know about Martin Luther King Jr., Bijan C. Bayne). Martin began to grow into his late teens, early twenties, and became much more mature. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, 42, took the Cleveland Avenue bus after work. She was sitting in the front row of the colored section. When asked to move, she refused, leading to her arrest. The night Rosa Parks was arrested, the head of the local NAACP stood up for the interests of poor people of all races. In 1968, King announced that the Poor People's March would converge on Washington on April 22. Meanwhile, in Memphis, Tennessee, black workers were demanding and protesting for better wages and working conditions. This protest quickly spread across the city, with unfair treatment ranging from police brutality to intolerable school conditions. In March, King traveled to Memphis to lead the protest. The march ended due to vandalism and looting by frustrated black youth. On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther addressed a rally. He spoke of the threats to his life and encouraged his supporters to continue the nonviolent struggle, no matter what happens to him. The following night, at 6 p.m., King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel when he was shot and killed by a rifle bullet. Around 7 p.m., he was pronounced dead at a Memphis hospital..