Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

• By Chad Alan Randall

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His Birth

• Martin Luther was born on Jan. 15, 1929 in
  Atlanta Georgia. His parents named him Michael
  Luther King, but he later changed his name to
  Martin Luther King.

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Faith in the Family

• Faith was always a big part of Martin Luther
  Kings life. His father and grandfather were both
  Baptist Minister.

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Schooling

• He was 15 when he graduated a segregated high
  school.
• The King entered Morehouse College in Atlanta at
  the age of 16 where he would study medicine and
  law.
• His senior year he made the decision to enter the
  ministry, as his father had urged

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His Family

• When He went to Boston, he met Coretta Scott, who
  was studying at the New England Conservatory of
  Music.
• Later they married in 1953, and had four children

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What motivated him?

• What motivated him the most was after Rosa Parks
  sat in the front of the bus and got in trouble
  for it. Not only Martin Luther, but a lot of
  activist were struck by this event and it
  motivated them to do something.

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Accomplishments

• He was the leader of the first non-violent
  African American movement, in December 1955,
  attempting to overturn Jim Crow laws, which
  relegated African Americans and other minorities
  to the back of buses.
• He was the author of the famous "Letter from a
  Birmingham Jail", written in 1963, to other
  preachers, to turn their indifference towards the
  civil rights movement and bring about a change of
  heart, so they could support his efforts and the
  efforts of the N.A.A.C.P.
• He was the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace
  Prize in 1964, when he was 35 years old. He used
  the money from the prize to further civil rights
  causes.

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I Have a Dream Speech

• See Video
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vfnwDeZrGCzI

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His Death

• On April 4, 1968, a shot rang out while Martin
  Luther King was on his balcony in Memphis, TN. A
  30 year activist for Black rights was now laying
  on his balcony dying.

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• "Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at
  Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to
  remind them that the lie of their inferiority is
  accepted as truth in the society dominating
  them."
• -Martin Luther King Jr.

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Works Cited

• Biography (3 Mar 2011). http//nobelprize.org/nob
  el_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html.
  Web.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Biography (2011).
• http//www.biography.com/articles/Martin-Luther-K
  ing-Jr.-9365086. Web.
• Martin Luther King's speech "I Have A Dream.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vfnwDeZrGCzI.
  Video