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His Birth
Martin Luther King was born on the 15th of January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. His parents are Martin Luther King, Sr.and Alberta Williams King. His birth name was Micheal but his ather changed it to Martin Luther who was a german reformer. -
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The Life of Martin Luther King Jr
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He gains his college degrees
When he was nineteen he graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a BA degree in Sociology. In 1951, he graduated from the Crozer Theological Seminary with a BA of Divinity. King also received his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston University in 1955. -
King becomes a Baptist Minister
King becomes minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama. He taught his opinions about segregation to his church followers. -
The bus boycott
Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) coordinated the boycott, and its president, Martin Luther King, Jr., became a prominent civil rights leader as international attention focused on Montgomery. -
I have a dream!
The famous speech "I have a dream" was delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
King gets the Nobel Peace Prize
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. -
His assasination
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, a shot rang out. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had been standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenessee, United States.
