Martin Luther King Jr.

Born on January 15th , 1929 Micheal Luther King Jr. fought segregation and discrimination for so long. He changed his name to Martin later in his days. Graduating from highschool at age 15 was the best for him because he segregated public schools in Georgia. He recieved a B.A. in 1948and from Morehouse College and a B.D. in 1951. He recieved a degree in 1955. He had a family of two sons and two daughters. He was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People when his house was bombed , and he was arrested being subjected to personal abuse. He spok over 25 hundred times for the colored folks. His march of 250 , 000 people for "I HAVE A DREAM" made him conferr with President John F. Kennedy. He was arrested twenty times and assualted four times. He was the youngest man to have recieved a Nobel Peace Prize and he was 35 years old. On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, he was assassinated. He was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city. Now on January 18th we celebrate the important African Americans death. Some of his speaches were recorded.
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