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Martin Luther King

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Martin Luther King was born in Atlandta, Georgia, in the United States. His name was actully Michael before he changed it to Martin.

  • Baptist minister

    Baptist minister
    Martin Luther King became a baptisit minister at the age of 19, which is an extremely young age. This is important as he is a cival rights movement person and people at the church will listen to him.

  • College Degree

    College Degree
    Martin Luther King, Jr. began his education at the Yonge Street Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia. Following Yonge School, he was enrolled in David T. Howard Elementary School. He also attended the Atlanta University Laboratory School and Booker T. Washington High School. In 1948, he graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A. degree in Sociology

  • The Bus Boycott

    The Bus Boycott
    The Bus Boycott is when African-Americans refused to ride buses, which was led by Martin Luther King. Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus.

  • "I have a dream"

    "I have a dream"
    "I have a dream" is a public speech delivered by Martin Luther King in America to fight against racism. The speech was a defining moment of the American Cicil Rights movement.

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    Nobel Peace Prize
    Martin Luther King was the youngest person to receive the nobel peace prize, and he won it because of his non-violent campaign against racism.

  • Assasination

    Assasination
    Martin Luther King was assassinated at a moetl in Tenessee, at the young age of 39. The King Family believed the assasination was carried out by the US government.