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His achievements
In 1954, he was appointed pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery.and he was also a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.He also participated in the Birmingham Campaign in 1957 reason you were unjustly arrested.
On October 14, 1964, Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize -
Where and when Martin Luther King was born
Michael Luther King Jr, better known as Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. -
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His childhood and personality,
He had a hard life that forged a complex personality with great inclinations towards study. At the age of 15, he entered the Morehouse College, an exclusively black university
It is said that the death of his grandmother was particularly shocking to him, which is why at the age of twelve he tried to commit suicide.
In 1951 he began to pursue a doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University. Four years later, in 1955, he obtained the title of Doctor of Philosophy. -
His family
He met Coretta Scott, whom he married in 1953. With her he had two sons and two daughters: Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King and Bernice King. -
His death
On April 4, while he was on the terrace of the hotel room where he was staying, he was shot dead by a segregationist. Martin Luther King was only 39 years old.