About Martin Luther King Jr.?

Question

What was the name of martins first book and Why was he in the city where he died?Also what event caused king to get involved in The Civil Rights Monument?

Answer 1

~~ Martin Luther King Jr's first book:
"Stride toward Freedom; The Montgomery Story" (1958)

~~ Why was he in Memphis on that fateful day?:
In late March, 1968, Dr. King went to Memphis, Tennessee in support of the black sanitary public works employees.
On April 3, Dr. King returned to Memphis and addressed a rally, delivering his "I've been to the Mountaintop" address.
King was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Friends inside the motel room heard the shots and ran to the balcony to find King shot in the throat.
He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 p.m.
The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities

~~The event that led MLK Jr. into the Civil Rights Movement:
In 1953, (at 24 yrs old) King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, in Montgomery, Alabama.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to comply with the Jim Crow laws that required her to give up her seat to a white man.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by King, soon followed.

Answer 2

I'm afraid I don't know the title of his first book. He was in Memphis to work with the striking sanitation workers. Dr. King was made president of the SCLC, which got him involved in the wider civil rights movement. He had been involved in Birmingham before that.

Answer 3

I did not know it but King was first involved during the Rosa Parks incident. Learn something. They have a special on him now on PBS station.

Answer 4

He is alive living in Omaha, NE with elvis & Tupac.

Answer 5

He died here in MEMPHIS.