what did martin luther do?
Physician Theologian Professor Writer Monk Priest
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 Martin Luther was out walking when a thunderstorm began , causing him to pray to God for being saved and promising to become a monk . 

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 Martin Luther King , Jr. was assassinated in Memphis the next night . The Memphis Ministers Association organized a memorial service for King on the 5th . At the service , the ministers voted to march to Loeb 's office that day and insist he address the workers ' grievances and end the strike ; led by Wax and William Dimmick , the dean of St. Mary 's Cathedral , 250 clergymen marched in pairs to Loeb 's office , where he was urged in front of television cameras to end the strike . In his sermon at Temple Israel , Wax told the congregation : " This city shall witness a new spirit and the memory of this great prophet of our time shall be honored . There will be bigots and segregationists and the so @-@ called respectable but unrighteous people who will resist . But in the scheme of history , God 's will does prevail . " The strike was settled on April 16 , with the sanitation workers getting union recognition and other benefits . The only remaining impediment was a recommended ten @-@ cent @-@ an @-@ hour raise on May 1 , followed by another raise on September 1 . The city budget did not have the estimated $ 558 @,@ 000 ( today $ 3 @.@ 8 million ) required to pay the workers . To resolve the impasse , Temple Israel member Abe Plough donated the shortfall anonymously . 

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 Martin Luther King Jr. was held in the Birmingham jail and was denied a consultation with an attorney from the NAACP without guards present . When historian Jonathan Bass wrote of the incident in 2001 , he noted that news of King 's incarceration was spread quickly by Wyatt Tee Walker , as planned . King 's supporters sent telegrams about his arrest to the White House . He could have been released on bail at any time , and jail administrators wished him to be released as soon as possible to avoid the media attention while King was in custody . However , campaign organizers offered no bail in order " to focus the attention of the media and national public opinion on the Birmingham situation " . 

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 Martin Luther : A Tragedy in Five Acts London : Remington & Company , 1879 

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 The reputation of Martin Luther King soared after the protests in Birmingham , and he was lauded by many as a hero . The SCLC was much in demand to effect change in many Southern cities . In the summer of 1963 , King led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where he delivered his most famous speech , " I Have a Dream " . King became Time 's Man of the Year for 1963 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 . 
