Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He did very well at the segregated public schools he attended. At age 15 King Jr. entered Morehouse College. In 1948 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology. King Jr. then went on to the Crozer Theological Seminary; there he graduated with honors in 1951. After that he went to Boston University where, in 1955, he earned a doctoral degree in systematic theology. His public speaking abilities started to develop while King Jr. was at college. When he was an undergraduate at Morehouse College he won a second place price at a speaking contest. Although, he received C's
In 1957 King Jr. helped to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). This organization was comprised of black churches and ministers that wanted to challenge racial segregation. Some nonviolent activities that King Jr. led to protest discrimination were marches, demonstrations, and boycotts. Even though King Jr. acted peaceful, the whites acted violently in return. These violent acts got the governments attention and forced them to confront the issues of injustice and racism in the South. In the early 1960's King Jr. led SCLC in a string of protest campaigns, thus gaining national attention. One of the first protests was in 1961 in Albany, Georgia. Here, SCLC protested against segregated restaurants, hotels, transportation, and h
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