Dr' Martin Luther King Jr'

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ana Alvarez
• Period 4
• January 10, 2007

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Martin Luther King

• Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929.
  He died on April 4, 1968. He was assassinated in
  Memphis, Tennessee.

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Michael Luther King

• Martin Luther King Jr. was born as Michael Luther
  King but later on he was renamed as Martin when
  he was about six years old.

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Family

• Martin Luther King Jr. had a brother named
  Alfredo and a sister named Christine.
• Martin Luther King Jr. father and grandfather
  were ministers. Martins mother was a school
  teacher and taught him how to read before he
  started school.

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Excellent Student

• When Martin Luther King Jr. was young he was a
  very excellent student in school.
• Martin skipped grades when he was in elementary
  and in high school.

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Schools He Attended

• Oglethorpe Elementary School
• Attended segregated schools in Georgia.
• Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta
• Morehouse College in 1948

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Marriage

• Martin Luther King married Coretta Scott. They
  got married on June 18, 1953.
• They had four children.

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Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

• Martin Luther King was a very famous leader of
  the American civil rights movement.
• He was also a political activist and a Baptist
  minister.
• Also he was a very powerful speaker.

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Participation and awards

• Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested thirty times
  for his participation in the civil rights
  activities.
• Was a member of many national and local boards.
• He also received numerous awards for his
  leadership in the Civil rights movement.

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Black Boycott

• In 1955-1956 Martin Luther King led the black
  boycott. He led the boycott of segregated city
  bus lines.
• In 1956 Martin had gained a major victory and
  also a prestige as a civil rights leader. When
  the Montgomery buses had began to operate on a
  desegregated basis.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Martin also organized Southern Leadership
  conferences. It have him a base to pursue further
  civil rights activities. He started in the South
  and later nationwide. Martins philosophy of
  non-violence resistance led to many numerous
  arrests in occasions.

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Racial Equality

• In the 1950s and the 1960s Martin was a Baptist
  minister was driving force in the push for racial
  equality.
• In 1963 Martin and his staff marched and
  protested for non-violently

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I Have A Dream

• On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King organized a
  massive march in Washington D.C.
• On the Lincoln Memorial on the steps Martin
  evocated the name of Lincoln in his I Have A
  Dream speech.

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The Noble Peace Price

• Martin Luther King became the youngest man to
  have been awarded The Noble Peace Prize in 1964.
• He was awarded for many things. He was awarded
  for his work as a peacemaker, promoting non
  violence an the last for equal treatment for the
  different races.

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Biography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_J
  r.
• http//nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates
  /1964/king-bio.html
• http//www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkbiospot.html
• http//www.usconstitution.net/dream.html