Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (i hānau ʻia ʻo Michael King Jr. ma ka lā 15 Ianuali 1929 - make ma ka lā 4 ʻApelila 1968) he kahuna pule Pāpekikana ʻAmelika, alakaʻi kīwila, a me ka mea kākau. He alakaʻi koʻikoʻi o ia i ke Civil Rights Movement o nā makahiki 1950 a me 1960, a ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka nonviolent resistance e hoʻokō ai i nā kuleana kīwila no nā poʻe ʻeleʻele ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

 Ka Wā Kamaliʻi a me ka Hoʻonaʻauao 
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo King ma ʻAtalana,  Keokia. ʻO kona makuakāne ʻo Martin Luther King Sr., he kahuna pule ma ka Ekalesia Pāpekikana ʻEpekana, a ʻo kona makuahine ʻo Alberta Williams King. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke kula kiʻekiʻe Booker T. Washington ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ke Kulanui Morehouse i ka makahiki 1944.

 Ke Ala Hele Kīwila 
I ka makahiki 1955, ua alakaʻi ʻo King i ka Montgomery Bus Boycott ma hope o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o Rosa Parks. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) i ka makahiki 1957 e alakaʻi i ke Ala Hele Kīwila. Ua kaulana loa kāna haʻi ʻōlelo "I Have a Dream" ma ka March on Washington i ka makahiki 1963.

 Nā Makana 
Ua loaʻa iā King ka Makana Nobel no ka Maluhia i ka makahiki 1964, a ua lilo ʻo ia i ke kanaka ʻōpio loa e loaʻa ai kēia makana. Ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) a me ka Congressional Gold Medal (2004) ma hope o kona make ʻana.

 Ka Make ʻAna 
Ua pana ʻia ʻo King ma ka lā 4 ʻApelila 1968 ma Memapika, Kenekī e James Earl Ray. Ua hoʻololi kona make ʻana i ke ala o ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka lā hoʻomanaʻo federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day i ka makahiki 1986.

 Nā Kūmole 

 Nā Loulou I Waho 
 The King Center
 Nobel Prize Biographical

 E nānā pū 
 Ala Hele Kīwila ʻAmelika
 Rosa Parks
 Malcolm X

Māhele:Poʻe ʻAmelika
Māhele:Nā Alakaʻi Haipule
Māhele:Nā Loio Kīwila