Yumiko takeshima biography of martin luther king
Yumiko Takashima works for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Syria — over 8, kilometres from her native Tokyo.!
BIOGRAPHY OF DR. KING
A national figure in the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(–) rose to fame with his advocacy of nonviolence as a means to effect social change.
Born in Asahikawa, Japan, Yumiko Takeshima studied with Miharu Ishikawa and San Francisco Ballet School.
From when he emerged as a leader during the Montgomery Bus Boycott until his assassination in , he was both admired and reviled in his crusade to achieve racial equality. King also served as an eloquent and potent figure bridging societal divides, as evidenced by his access to the halls of power in both political (the White House) and religious (the Vatican) spheres.
In , at age 35, he became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; he was also the twelfth American and third African-American to receive the honor.
Born Michael King on January 15, , in Atlanta, Georgia, he was the second child and first son of Baptist minister Michael Luther King, Sr.
and his wife, the former Alberta Williams, who herself was the daughter of the Rev. Adam Daniel Williams, pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Ch