Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
(1929-1968)
By Samantha Roberts
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Background

• Martin Luther king Jr. Was born on January
  15,1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
• He was the middle child to Rev. Martin Luther
• King Sr. and Alberta King.

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Education

• King had Exceptionally good grades in school.
• He Skipped Three grade levels.
• Started Morehouse college in 1944 At the age of
  fifteen.
• Graduated from Boston University with a Ph.D. in
  Philosophy.
  

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Contributions

• King was the assistant pastor at Ebenezer Baptist
  Church.
• King led nonviolent demonstrations for open
  housing, jobs and educational opportunities for
  blacks across the nation.

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More Contributions

• Martin Luther King would walk hand-in-hand with
  the poor, and abused.
• People grew to love him and help him fight for
  the black cause.
• In 1963 King and other black leaders organized
  one of the greatest demonstrations in the history
  of the nation called The March of Washington.
• King Spoke to a crowd of 250,000 people.
• This is were Dr. King gave his Speech of I Have
  a Dream. This speech touched the hearts of many
  people.

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Hoping for a better tomorrow

• While Fighting for the equal rights of all people
  there came plenty of suffrage.
• Churches were bombed and children were hurt .
• King himself was brutalized and arrested more
  than 30 times.
• In 1964 King watched President Lyndon B. Johnson
  sign a comprehensive Civil Rights Bill.

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Dr. king was assassinated As he stood on the
balcony Talking with friends by a Man of the name
James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.
While a good man is gone His Legend and hopes
for a better tomorrow will live On.
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Resources

• www.Yahoo.com
• A Salute to Black Civil Rights Leaders.