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Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents, Martin and Alberta King, were wonderful parents who raised Martin Jr. in a middle class, religious home. Martin Luther King, Sr. was a minister and Alberta was the daughter of an affluent minister. Martin was protected as much as possible from racism by his parents and they instilled in him a sense of self-respect and equality. Martin Luther King, Sr. was a strong, self- confident man who feared no one. He was a sharecropper's son who had experienced brutalities firsthand. His early experiences made him determined to get an education and he worked to put himself through Morehouse College. Martin Sr. became the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta which gave him great influence among the black community and even some respect from the white community. He led the fight in Atlanta to equalize teachers' salaries and to eliminate "Jim Crow" elevators in the courthouse giving young Martin a strong role model in his future fight for civil rights. As a young person, Martin Luther King, Jr., was always the most intelligent person in his classes. He was so smart that he got accepted to Morehouse Collage when he was only 15 years old
. He graduated from collage at the top of his class. He was always being asked to speak at church which his dad loved since he always wanted his son to become a minister. He moved on to Boston Collage where he got his Ph.D. in 1955 and met his future wife, Coretta Scott. While he was in the north, he learned and liked the new liberal ideas of the time. His father didn't approve of the liberal ideas he was learning. Once Martin finished collage he married and had four children with Coretta Scott. Martin Luther King was a very important person for the movement to equal rights. He was the unquestionable head of the movement and his nonviolent ways were the reason why they had so much success. If the civil rights activists had used violent tactics then the white racists would have had a reason to retaliate with their cruel actions and less people would have had compassion for the civil rights movement. But it was not just King's nonviolent acts that helped move him to the head of the equal rights movement, it was also his talent as a speaker. He was a wonderful preacher and speaker who held the attention of whoever was listening to his speeches. Whether he was in Birmingham or Washington D.C., when Martin Luther King talked, people listened to what he had to say. What would have happened if Rosa Parks had given up her bus seat and there had been no Montgomery Bus Boycott? There might still be segregation today if Martin Luther King, Jr. hadn't been stirred to take up the reins and steered the black population into the course of an equal rights movement. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s finest ho
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