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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. His Family. Born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia Father- Martin Luther King, Senior Mother- Alberta Williams King Married June 18, 1953, Marion, Alabama Had four children Yolanda Martin Luther III Dexter Bernice. Education. Younge Street Elementary

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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  1. Martin Luther King Jr.

  2. His Family • Born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia • Father- Martin Luther King, Senior • Mother- Alberta Williams King • Married June 18, 1953, Marion, Alabama • Had four children • Yolanda • Martin Luther III • Dexter • Bernice

  3. Education • Younge Street Elementary • Booker T. Washington • at age 15, entered Moorehouse College • skipped 9th and 12th grade due to high scores on entrance exams • Christian Minister from1954 until his death

  4. Freedom Fighter • 1955, joins the bus boycott • 1957, joins group to fight segregation • 1959, visited India to study nonviolence • 1960, lunch counter sit-in begins

  5. The Continued Fight • 1963, deliver his speech, I Have A Dream • Equal treatment for all • Brotherhood among all • Freedom and justice • People judged by character traits/not color • Children regardless of color walk hand in hand

  6. Death • shot while standing on the balcony of Lorraine Motel in Tennessee, 1968 • James Earl Ray pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

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