Martin Luther King Jr'

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Martin Luther King Jr.

• Andrea Gallardo
• January 10, 2006
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Pictures of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Biography

• Born on January 15, 1929
• He was born as Michael Luther King, Jr. and then
  changed his name to Martin.
• His grandfather started the familys tenure as
  pastor, then his father and then King followed.

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Biography Contd

• When King was in Boston he married Coretta Scott
  and they had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
• In 1954, King became the pastoral of the Dexter
  Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery.
• He was a member of the executive committee of the
  National Association for the Advancement of
  Colored People.

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Biography Contd

• During the days of the bus boycott, King was
  arrested and his home was bombed but he became
  known as a Negro leader of the first rank.
• In 1957, King Jr. was elected president of the
  Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an
  organization created to provide new leadership
  for the now increasing civil rights movement.
• For 11 years King Jr. traveled to different
  states where ever there was injustice, protest
  and action and spoke to the people.

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Education

• King Jr. attended the Atlanta University
  Laboratory School.
• King Jr. was advanced to Morehouse College
  without formal graduation from Booker T.
  Washington.
• Dr. King entered Morehouse when he was 15 years
  old.

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Education Contd

• In 1948, King Jr. graduated from Morehouse
  College with a B.A. degree in Sociology.
• Then he registered in Crozer Theological Seminary
  in Chester, Pennsylvania. While attending Crozer,
  he also studied at the University of
  Pennsylvania.

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Education Contd

• Later he was awarded a Bachelor of Divinity
  Degree from Crozer in 1951.
• In September 1951, King Jr. began doctoral
  studies in Systematic Theology at Boston
  University and later in 1955 he received his PhD.
  
• He also studied at Harvard University.

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His Family
Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first son but
second child born to Reverend Martin Luther King,
Sr. and Alberta Williams King. MLK Jr.s
brothers and sisters were Christine King Farris
and the Alfred Daniel Williams King. Martin
Luther King's maternal grandparents were Adam
Daniel Williams and Jenny Parks Williams. His
paternal grandparents were James Albert and Delia
King.
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He Believed In
Martin Luther King Jr. believed in human rights,
civil rights, equality, integration, non-violent
social change, peace, and justice for all.
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Speeches

• His lectures and comments encouraged the concern
  and sparked the conscience of a generation the
  movements and marches he led brought important
  changes in the arrangement of American life.

Dr. King's concept of being a somebody gave black
and poor people a new sense of worth and dignity.
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Dream Speech

• "I have a dream that one day this nation will
  rise up and live out the true meaning of its
  creed 'We hold these truths to be self-evident,
  that all men are created equal.'"
• "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of
  Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of
  former slave owners will be able to sit down
  together at a table of brotherhood."
• "I have a dream that my four little children will
  one day live in a nation where they will not be
  judged by the color of their skin but by the
  content of their character."

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His Death

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot on April 4,
  1968. He was assassinated while standing on a
  balcony of a motel. James Earl Ray was Kings
  assassinator and was arrested in London, England
  on June 8, 1968.

James Earl Ray
Lorraine Motel
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National Holiday

• On November 2, 1986 a national holiday
• was announced in Kings honor.

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Reference

• http//www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html
• http//www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs216.html
• http//nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates
  /1964/king-bio.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_DreamKey_qu
  otes_for_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
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