Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was born on January 15th, 1929 in Atlanta. His father Martin Luther king Sr., was a pastor and his mother Alberta Williams King was the daughter of a previous pastor of the same church. When he was growing up he was a very smart boy and excellent student. His classmates nicknamed him Mike. He has an older sister named Christine and a younger brother named A. D., who he attended an all black school with. Martin Luther king enjoyed listening to many preached his father would tell him and his friends would often come over and listen as well. When king was in high school he skipped 9th grade then later on skipped 12th grade. He graduated at the young age of 15. He then entered Atlanta's Morehouse College. At the end of his junior year his decision was to pursue to be a minister. In the year of 1948, King was ordained a minister. In September of that year at Crozer Theological Seminary he started his 3-year bachelor of divinity program. He was very well! liked that his fellow students elected him student body presiden
Garrow, David. "King, Martin Luther, Jr." Encyclopedia Americana Online raged African Americans to fight for equal rights until they were able to join hands. The year after in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed. He was awarded a Noble Peace Prize in 1964 as well. In 1965, King and many SCLS campaign a right to cote struggle in Selma. On March 7 1965 Law officers attacked marchers just outside downtown Selma. Five months after that, the approval of a second landmark civil rights statute, the voting Rights act of 1965. In 1966 King led a movement for racial justice. On April 4, 1968, King was shot at the Memphis motel and died. A white racist man shot him by the name of James Earl Ray. He confessed to the murder and was put in prison where he died. King is no a days still remembered for many things such as his optimism of his 1963 "I Have a Dream," sermon, his outspoken opposition in the Vietnam War and his intelligence. 19 Sep. 2000 http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/build-page?artbaseid=0231350-00 "Martin Luther King." Encar
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