Martin Luther King Jr. By: Alex Scharnhorst. Leo Brokus

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Martin Luther King Jr.

• By Alex Scharnhorst
• Leo Brokus

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Family

• Father was a Baptist minister
• Married Coretta Scott King
• Had 2 sons and 2 daughters

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Born

• January 15, 1929
• Birth name Michael Luther King Jr.
• Born in Atlanta, GA

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Death

• Assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis,
  Tennessee

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Education

• Skipped grades in elementary and high school
• At age 15 entered Morehouse College in Atlanta,
  GA
• Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951
• PHD in 1955

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Career

• 1954 minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist church
  Montgomery, Al
• 1955 leads bus boycott in Montgomery, Al
• 1957 helped found Southern Christian Leadership
  Conference
• 1960 joins his father as co-pastor
• 1963 arrested and jailed
• March on Washington I have a dream speech
• 1964 received Nobel Peace Prize

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Impact on U.S. history

• Helped the Civil rights movement
• Nonviolent protests
• Encouraged African Americans to vote and show
  that we are not a divided country
• Inspires the country still today

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Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.