Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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His Life

• Born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1947 He was ordained a minister
• 1948 Graduated from Morehouse College
• 1953 Married Coretta Scott
• 1955-1956 Led a Boycott of the buses in
  Montgomery, Alabama
• 1963 Led his march on Washington and gave his I
  have dream speech
• 1964 Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

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Best Known For

• Civil Rights Movement
• Famous I have a dream speech
• Alabama bus boycotts

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Education

• Graduated from Morehouse College
• Attended Boston University for Graduate Studies
• Became an ordained minister later in life

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Awards

• Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1964

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Martin Luther King Jr.

• Death came for King on April 4, 1968, on the
  balcony of the black-owned Lorraine Hotel just
  off Beale Street.