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Birth
"Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15th 1929, Atlanta Georgia, U.S" ("King, Martin Luther, Jr"). -
King enter Morehouse College
"In 1944, at age 15, King entered Morehouse College in Atlanta under a special wartime program intended to boost enrollment by admitting promising high-school students like King" ("King, Martin Luther, Jr"). -
Graduated
"King graduated from Morehouse in 1948" ("King, Martin Luther, Jr"). -
Earned a bachelor of divinity degree
"Renowned for his oratorical skills, King was elected president of Crozer's student body, which was composed almost exclusively of white students" ("King, Martin Luther, Jr"). -
Marriage
"Martin Luther King Jr and his wife got married in 1953 and had four children" ("King, Martin Luther, Jr"). -
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
"King had been pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, slightly... city's small group of civil rights advocates decided to contest racial segregation on that city's public bus system follwing the incident on December 1, 1955 in which Rosa Parks, an African American woman" ("King, Martin Luther, Jr"). -
India Prime Minister
"Martin and his party were warmly received by India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and others; as the result of a brief discussion with followers of Gandhi about the Gandhian concept.... King became increasingly convinced that nonviolent resistance was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom" ("King, Martin Luther, Jr"). -
SCLC headquarters
"Martin left his Montgomery pastorate for Atlanta, where the SCLC headquarters had been established, and he became cominister of his father's church" ("Martin Luther King Jr (Overview"). -
Death
"In march, he led protesters in memphis in support of a strike of sanitation workers. In a sermon given at the mason temple church in mememphis on april 3, he told his followers, 'I've been to the mountaintop.... and I've seen the promised land'. The following day Martin Luther King Jr was shot by a sniper James Earl Ray as he stood up in the balcony of his motal room talking with Jesse Jackson and other followers" ("Martin Luther King Jr (Overview"). -
Holiday
"His birthday became an national holiday" ("Martin Luther King Jr (Overview"). -
Citaions
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Citaions 2
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Symbol #1: Eagle
An eagle represents "power, speed and perception of the animal world at its peaks. Together with majesty, domination, victory, valour, inspiration and spiritual aspiration docter King help change the mind set of many people" (Tresidder 160). An eagle is Martin Luther King because he had the power to unite black and white. -
Symbol #2 Blue
As blue represents "Infinity, eternity, truth, devotion, faith, purity, chastity, peace, spiritual and intellectual life" (Tresidder 73). Martin Luther King made black and white peace with each other. Also spoke the truth that they all into promise land.
