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Martin Luther King Was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. He was born with the name Michael KIng Jr. He was the middle child of two Georgia people, Michael King Sr and Alberta Williams King.
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When Kings grandmother passed away from tried to commit sucide by jumping off the home house aa heart attack,it was a big effect on Maritn, sje was very pertective over her grandson. He tried to commit suicide at the family home ,two storys high,but he survived.
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Martin Luther King Jr. entered collage when he was only 15! That was in 1944. He went to Morehouse Collage. He receieved a sociology degree after 4 years of collage. During collage, he was elected student body president.
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Martin Luther King Jr.Met thos girl named Caretta Scott.After they got married they had four children just a year later,Yolanda,Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott and bernice. they were a big happy black independent family that stood up for their righs and what they belived in.
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Michael Luther King Jr. stepped in as a pastor for Ebenezer Baptist Church. This happened right after the death of his father-in-law in 1931. He soon became a succesful and then took the name Matin Luther King Sr.
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Candidate, John F. Kennedy, called Coretta Scott King and expressed his concern for Martins cruel treatment. MArtin was released, due to this call.
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On October 19,1960 King and 75 students enterd a local department store and requested the lunch-counter,but were denied. When they refused to leave King and 36 others were arrested. All charges against King were droped,because they city knew if they were not to let King out it would do bad on the citys reputation.King was inprisoned for violating his probation on a traffic conviction.
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In spring of 1963 King organized a demonstrigtion in downtown Brimingham,Alabama. Police meanfully turned dogs and firehoses on the demonstrators.King was jailed along with the large number of other demonstrigtors, but this event went world wide.Helped King ge more people to understand racism was wrong.
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On August 28,1963 Martin Luther King Jr, Had The "I Have A Dream." speech,At the Lincoln Memorial.There were over 200,000 people there to show and not show support for his beliefs.
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In 1968 a bad tradgy happend Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. He was killed beacuse he was a stong black man who stood up for his rights ,and family. To this day we celebrate him. He is a big part of history.
