Martin Luther King

Jr.

Information
Martin Luther King was born on January 15,
1929 in Atlanta and died in the year 1968.

His parents were Alberta Williams King and

Michael King. At age five Kings father and
him both changed their names to Martin
Luther King. King had a older sister Willie
Christine and a younger brother Alfred
Daniels Williams King. King was also the
second oldest child in the family King was so
smart he skipped the 9th and 12th grades. At
age 15 he went to Morehouse College in
Atlanta in 1944. Other colleges wanted him
to go to their school Yale, Edinburgh in
Scotland, and Boston University. I have a
Dream speech spoken on Aug. 28,1963

Some Facts
After King
met Coretta
Scott a few
years later
they married
and had four
children.
Martin Luther
King III,
Dexter Scott
King, Yolanda
King, and
Bernice King.

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More Information
King entered for word
at the Theological
Seminary in Chester,
Pennsylvania. Awhile
later he went to
Boston University and
met Coretta Scott.
King got his Ph. D
degree in theology at
Boston University.
Most people also know
King as the main

leader of civil rights

movement he was also
a Baptist minister.
One of his roles was
the National
Association for the
Advancement of
Colored People
(NAACP). King was one
out of the eleven
African American at
Theological Seminary.
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Fun Facts
King was the first
African American
person to be
named time
magazines Man of
The Year. At age
35 he became the
youngest man to
win the Nobel
Peace Prize. He
was arrested 30
times and was
awarded 50
honorary degrees.
He has more than
900 streets named
after him in the
United States of
America. He
traveled more
than 6 million
miles and spoke at
more than 2,500

events. He was
the only nonpresident to have
a national holiday
named after him.
Also he was the
only non-president
to have a
memorial. He
inspired a lot of
Americans to
make a Year of
Citizen act. Where
the citizens
delivered meals,
rebuilt school,
community
centers, and
collected food and
clothes for
military families.
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