Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, the second child of Martin Luther King Sr., a pastor, and Alberta Williams King, a former schoolteacher. was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin.

Along with his older sister Christine and younger brother Alfred Daniel Williams, he grew up in the city’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood, then home to some of the most prominent and prosperous African Americans in the country.

A gifted student, King attended segregated public schools and at the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College, the alma mater of both his father and maternal grandfather, where he studied medicine and law.

Although he had not intended to follow in his father’s footsteps by joining the ministry, he changed his mind under the mentorship of Morehouse’s president, Dr. Benjamin Mays, an influential theologian and outspoken advocate for racial equality. After graduating in 1948, King entered Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree, won a prestigious fellowship and was elected president of his predominantly white senior class.

King then enrolled in a graduate program at Boston University, completing his coursework in 1953 and earning a doctorate in systematic theology two years later. While in Boston he met Coretta Scott, a young singer from Alabama who was studying at the New England Conservatory of Music. The couple wed in 1953 and settled in Montgomery, Alabama, where King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
The Kings had four children: Yolanda Denise King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King and Bernice Albertine King.
The King family had been living in Montgomery for less than a year when the highly segregated city became the epicenter of the burgeoning struggle for civil rights in America, galvanized by the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, secretary of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus and was arrested. Activists coordinated a bus boycott that would continue for 381 days. The Montgomery Bus Boycott placed a severe economic strain on the public transit system and downtown business owners. They chose Martin Luther King, Jr. as the protest’s leader and official spokesman.

By the time the Supreme Court ruled segregated seating on public buses unconstitutional in November 1956, King—heavily influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and the activist Bayard Rustin—had entered the national spotlight as an inspirational proponent of organized, nonviolent resistance.

King had also become a target for white supremacists, who firebombed his family home that January.
On September 20, 1958, Izola Ware Curry walked into a Harlem department store where King was signing books and asked, “Are you Martin Luther King?” When he replied “yes,” she stabbed him in the chest with a knife. King survived, and the attempted assassination only reinforced his dedication to nonviolence: “The experience of these last few days has deepened my faith in the relevance of the spirit of nonviolence, if necessary social change is peacefully to take place.”

Emboldened by the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in 1957 he and other civil rights activists—most of them fellow ministers—founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), a group committed to achieving full equality for African Americans through nonviolent protest.

The SCLC motto was “Not one hair of one head of one person should be harmed.” King would remain at the helm of this influential organization until his death.

In his role as SCLC president, Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled across the country and around the world, giving lectures on nonviolent protest and civil rights as well as meeting with religious figures, activists and political leaders.

During a month-long trip to India in 1959, he had the opportunity to meet family members and followers of Gandhi, the man he described in his autobiography as “the guiding light of our technique of nonviolent social change.” King also authored several books and articles during this time.
In 1960 King and his family moved to Atlanta, his native city, where he joined his father as co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. This new position did not stop King and his SCLC colleagues from becoming key players in many of the most significant civil rights battles of the 1960s.
Their philosophy of nonviolence was put to a particularly severe test during the Birmingham campaign of 1963, in which activists used a boycott, sit-ins and marches to protest segregation, unfair hiring practices and other injustices in one of America’s most racially divided cities.
Arrested for his involvement on April 12, King penned the civil rights manifesto known as the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” an eloquent defense of civil disobedience addressed to a group of white clergymen who had criticized his tactics.

Later that year, Martin Luther King, Jr. worked with a number of civil rights and religious groups to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a peaceful political rally designed to shed light on the injustices African Americans continued to face across the country.
Held on August 28 and attended by some 200,000 to 300,000 participants, the event is widely regarded as a watershed moment in the history of the American civil rights movement and a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The March on Washington culminated in King’s most famous address, known as the “I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for peace and equality that many consider a masterpiece of rhetoric.

Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—a monument to the president who a century earlier had brought down the institution of slavery in the United States—he shared his vision of a future in which “this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”

The speech and march cemented King’s reputation at home and abroad; later that year he was named “Man of the Year” by TIME magazine and in 1964 became the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In the spring of 1965, King’s elevated profile drew international attention to the violence that erupted between white segregationists and peaceful demonstrators in Selma, Alabama, where the SCLC and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had organized a voter registration campaign.

Captured on television, the brutal scene outraged many Americans and inspired supporters from across the country to gather in Alabama and take part in the Selma to Montgomery march led by King and supported by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who sent in federal troops to keep the peace.
That August, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, which guaranteed the right to vote—first awarded by the 15th Amendment—to all African Americans.
The events in Selma deepened a growing rift between Martin Luther King, Jr. and young radicals who repudiated his nonviolent methods and commitment to working within the established political framework.

As more militant black leaders such as Stokely Carmichael rose to prominence, King broadened the scope of his activism to address issues such as the Vietnam War and poverty among Americans of all races. In 1967, King and the SCLC embarked on an ambitious program known as the Poor People’s Campaign, which was to include a massive march on the capital.

On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated. He was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, where King had traveled to support a sanitation workers’ strike. In the wake of his death, a wave of riots swept major cities across the country, while President Johnson declared a national day of mourning.

James Earl Ray, an escaped convict and known racist, pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He later recanted his confession and gained some unlikely advocates, including members of the King family, before his death in 1998.
After years of campaigning by activists, members of Congress and Coretta Scott King, among others, in 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating a U.S. federal holiday in honor of King.

Observed on the third Monday of January, Martin Luther King Day was first celebrated in 1986.
While his “I Have a Dream” speech is the most well-known piece of his writing, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the author of multiple books, include “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story,” “Why We Can’t Wait,” “Strength to Love,” “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” and the posthumously published “Trumpet of Conscience” with a foreword by Coretta Scott King.


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Here are some of the most famous Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes:

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.”

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’”

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr#&gid=ci023d3abfa00025f5&pid=mlk-flip-schulke-getty-1077329444

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/biographical/

MLK

Soknown:

Thanks my friend. I have been caught on the spirit of Douglass since I read some of his quotes. One thing that is common to them, they are 'lettered men' . 'A lettered man is a better man, for good or evil'.- Soknown 2020.

Oh there you go again!!!!

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The new Health and Care Visa for foreign medical workers will open for applications on 4 August 2020, the government has announced.

The visa is not a new route as such, but a species of Tier 2 (General) visa — the announcement comes in a new Part A to the Tier 2 policy guidance, added on 14 July. It is also misnamed in the sense that it is only for “qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who have been trained to a recognised standard” — not for care home workers. The full list of eligible professions is:

2112 – Biological scientists and biochemists
2113 – Physical Scientists
2211 – Medical Practitioners
2212 – Psychologists
2213 – Pharmacists
2214 – Ophthalmic Opticians
2215 – Dental practitioners
2217 – Medical Radiographers
2218 – Podiatrists
2219 – Health Professionals not elsewhere classified
2221 – Physiotherapists
2222 – Occupational Therapists
2223 – Speech and Language Therapists
2229 – Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified
2231 – Nurses
2232 – Midwives
2442 – Social Workers
3213 – Paramedics

Tier 2 Policy Guidance, Paragraph A3
To be eligible for a Health and Care Visa, the worker must be offered one of the above jobs, either for an NHS trust / health board or for one of several other medical and social care organisations listed in the guidance, and meet all the usual Tier 2 (General) criteria.

Reduced application fees are promised. The fees table has not yet been updated to say what they are, but the basic application fee has previously been reported as £464. Applicants should also be exempt from the Immigration Health Surcharge.

New NHS visa announced | Free Movement
A promising idea in many ways, but it is laughable that NHS workers from overseas still have to pay a surcharge ...

Decisions are to be fast-tracked, “with the aim that the vast majority are processed within three weeks”.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-health-and-care-visa-to-ensure-uk-health-and-care-services-have-access-to-the-best-global-talent

famzynet:
Hello ,
I have followed your post and it is really interesting. I love your manner of writing. I never knew you were a guy until you said so. Maybe because I had the impression that only females could make out time to write so well.

For someone coming to the UK for a new job and with a tight budget, what would be the best type of accommodation to sort for till the pounds start coming in?
Do banks give loans or credit cards to people who may need them at the start? What bank is beneficial to new comers in terms of credit cards?The prices of accommodation on Airbnb is just too high. Are there any possible cheaper options assuming one is not coming with family?

Thank you and hope you have answers to your questions, i can chip this in though. What county are you moving into?
Rent.
You can consider, room share. Check spareroom.com, i believe you can get cheaper options in there. Otherwise, other options are Rightmove, prime locations, and Zoopla. ( Room share means, there are unrelated, total strangers living in the same house/flats, each person owns a room space and the rest areas of the house are shared), Be on the lookout for the ones that advertised ensuite double room - you will have more privacy with this. Depending on the county, you can also consider renting a studio apartment or single room apartment.
Banks
Yes, banks give loans based on your credit rating. When you open a bank account, you will be given a credit card and debit, the amount on the credit card is subjective and could be negotiated upward or downward. once you have your credit card, do make use of it every month to build your credit rating.
Keep us updated as make the move, Good luck.

Soknown:
The new Health and Care Visa for foreign medical workers will open for applications on 4 August 2020, the government has announced.

The visa is not a new route as such, but a species of Tier 2 (General) visa — the announcement comes in a new Part A to the Tier 2 policy guidance, added on 14 July. It is also misnamed in the sense that it is only for “qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who have been trained to a recognised standard” — not for care home workers. The full list of eligible professions is:

2112 – Biological scientists and biochemists
2113 – Physical Scientists
2211 – Medical Practitioners
2212 – Psychologists
2213 – Pharmacists
2214 – Ophthalmic Opticians
2215 – Dental practitioners
2217 – Medical Radiographers
2218 – Podiatrists
2219 – Health Professionals not elsewhere classified
2221 – Physiotherapists
2222 – Occupational Therapists
2223 – Speech and Language Therapists
2229 – Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified
2231 – Nurses
2232 – Midwives
2442 – Social Workers
3213 – Paramedics

Tier 2 Policy Guidance, Paragraph A3
To be eligible for a Health and Care Visa, the worker must be offered one of the above jobs, either for an NHS trust / health board or for one of several other medical and social care organisations listed in the guidance, and meet all the usual Tier 2 (General) criteria.

Reduced application fees are promised. The fees table has not yet been updated to say what they are, but the basic application fee has previously been reported as £464. Applicants should also be exempt from the Immigration Health Surcharge.

New NHS visa announced | Free Movement
A promising idea in many ways, but it is laughable that NHS workers from overseas still have to pay a surcharge ...

Decisions are to be fast-tracked, “with the aim that the vast majority are processed within three weeks”.

Which kind yeye course did I study....anatomy has finished me....u hardly find anatomy in any job vacancy be it public or private in Nigeria...
Now look at these ��...no recognition of an anatomist�

EbonyCy:



Which kind yeye course did I study....anatomy has finished me....u hardly find anatomy in any job vacancy be it public or private in Nigeria...
Now look at these ��...no recognition of an anatomist�

Cheer up, you can use the knowledge in anatomy to study for certificates course in sonography or echo-cardiography then you should be able to apply under code 2211 or 2219 as long as you get an employer and have registration with the 'concerned' board of practice. Think about it.

Soknown:
The new Health and Care Visa for foreign medical workers will open for applications on 4 August 2020, the government has announced.

The visa is not a new route as such, but a species of Tier 2 (General) visa — the announcement comes in a new Part A to the Tier 2 policy guidance, added on 14 July. It is also misnamed in the sense that it is only for “qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who have been trained to a recognised standard” — not for care home workers. The full list of eligible professions is:

2112 – Biological scientists and biochemists
2113 – Physical Scientists
2211 – Medical Practitioners
2212 – Psychologists.

Hi soknown, good job here! Pls I have a brother who studied biochemistry for his first degree and chemistry for masters. He actually wanted biochemistry again for masters but could only get in for chemistry. He is still job seeking here in naija and hasn't got anything yet. Can he apply for a job in the UK for 2112 profession? Or is it compulsory he has work experience? How can he go about it?

Soknown:


Thank you and hope you have answers to your questions, i can chip this in though. What county are you moving into?
Rent.
You can consider, room share. Check spareroom.com, i believe you can get cheaper options in there. Otherwise, other options are Rightmove, prime locations, and Zoopla. ( Room share means, there are unrelated, total strangers living in the same house/flats, each person owns a room space and the rest areas of the house are shared), Be on the lookout for the ones that advertised ensuite double room - you will have more privacy with this. Depending on the county, you can also consider renting a studio apartment or single room apartment.
Banks
Yes, banks give loans based on your credit rating. When you open a bank account, you will be given a credit card and debit, the amount on the credit card is subjective and could be negotiated upward or downward. once you have your credit card, do make use of it every month to build your credit rating.
Keep us updated as make the move, Good luck.

Thanks for your reply. I will check those sites you mentioned. I am moving to Essex.

Elektra008:

Hi soknown, good job here! Pls I have a brother who studied biochemistry for his first degree and chemistry for masters. He actually wanted biochemistry again for masters but could only get in for chemistry. He is still job seeking here in naija and hasn't got anything yet. Can he apply for a job in the UK for 2112 profession? Or is it compulsory he has work experience? How can he go about it?

I believe he can apply as long he has registered with HCPC and gets an employer.
https://www.ibms.org/registration/becoming-hcpc-registered/
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/healthcare-science/information-overseas-healthcare-scientists
Good luck to him.

EbonyCy:



Which kind yeye course did I study....anatomy has finished me....u hardly find anatomy in any job vacancy be it public or private in Nigeria...
Now look at these ��...no recognition of an anatomist�

Social Work is Bae! Sadly I never ready! Thank God say I no transfer go another course

EbonyCy:



Which kind yeye course did I study....anatomy has finished me....u hardly find anatomy in any job vacancy be it public or private in Nigeria...
Now look at these ��...no recognition of an anatomist�

I'm currently studying anatomy

In order to apply for a new Visa, i asked from my friends. I am grateful that i have never lacked real friends and good counsel. A friend referred me to this board to ask all my questions, https://www.immigrationboards.com/general-uk-immigration-forum/. In the forum i got to know that i do not have to apply for a new Visa for my family, their Visas remain extant.
I informed my employers to process my certificate of sponsorship so that i can apply from my new Visa. There were mistakes on the initial CoS that was issued which i rightly pointed out. It was in December that i got a satisfactory CoS and applied for the new Visa and uploaded the necessary documents. I was not able to get a near date with Sopra Steria for my documents verifications. Sopra Steria is to Home Office what TLS is to the British embassy. The nearest center is in Croydon. After the verification of documents, the home office got back to me to request for further information but only my employer could answer the supply the information so i referred the home office to my new employer. So after 10 days, i got a mail that my new visa is ready and it will be sent to me by mail. I did not submit my passport so in essence it is the biometric card that is going to change and truly they sent the biometric resident permit card to me with the instruction to cut the old card and mail to the home office.

My extant contract with Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS trust states that i have to give a two months notice of resignation so i put in my resignation in January.

Richdee1:


Social Work is Bae! Sadly I never ready! Thank God say I no transfer go another course

You are not ready, really?

DMPaulSr:


I'm currently studying anatomy

Cool, and you can be the greatest anatomist there is.

Soknown:

You are not ready, really?

I mean not done with my 1st degree bro! Still an undergraduate

Richdee1:


I mean not done with my 1st degree bro! Still an undergraduate

Oh, Ok.

Soknown:

Cool, and you can be the greatest anatomist there is.

Thank you Sir...

Soknown:


Cheer up, you can use the knowledge in anatomy to study for certificates course in sonography or echo-cardiography then you should be able to apply under code 2211 or 2219 as long as you get an employer and have registration with the 'concerned' board of practice. Think about it.

Soknown please what chances does a certified pharmacy technician from Nigeria has there?

Soknown:

I believe he can apply as long he has registered with HCPC and gets an employer.
https://www.ibms.org/registration/becoming-hcpc-registered/
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/healthcare-science/information-overseas-healthcare-scientists
Good luck to him.

Thanks bruv, I appreciate.

Oloniyan:


Soknown please what chances does a certified pharmacy technician from Nigeria has there?

I am afraid I do not have any information concerning this. But, if and when I have anything on it, I will post it here.

Soknown:

I am afraid I do not have any information concerning this. But, if and when I have anything on it, I will post it here.

thanks bro i will be waiting

Soknown:

I am afraid I do not have any information concerning this. But, if and when I have anything on it, I will post it here.

Sir, you seems to have forgotten your thread in the literature section.

haiti007:

Sir, you seems to have forgotten your thread in the literature section.

Thanks my friend, I haven't forgotten about it. I have many things on the plate at the moments. But as soon as I move past the choke point. I will continue. Thank you for following up.

Soknown:

Thanks my friend, I haven't forgotten about it. I have many things on the plate at the moments. But as soon as I move past the choke point. I will continue. Thank you for following up.

My pleasure sir

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EbonyCy:



Which kind yeye course did I study....anatomy has finished me....u hardly find anatomy in any job vacancy be it public or private in Nigeria...
Now look at these ��...no recognition of an anatomist�

...i think the problem is, most of these advance countries do not study courses like anatomy and physiology as a bachelors degree but are rather masters or phd courses for those in the medical field who wish to tow that line.