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Martin Luther King

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  • He was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta (Georgia).

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  • His father change his first name (Michael) to "Martin"

  • He became a preacher and began working at Ebenezer Church.

  • He returned to the segregated South.

  • He and Coretta were living in the black part of Montgomery, Alabama.

  • He was arrested by the police...

    On the charge of driving 2 km per hour more than normal.
    That same night his house was bombed.

  • Abernathy's house and church were bombed.

    After that, King and his wife flew to Ghana, West Africa.
    He back home that same year and he was voted for president.

  • He was arrested with 35 students after a protest in a bar.

  • He accepted the nobel peace prize for all peacefull protesters against segregation.

  • America was getting deeper into a war in asia.

  • After his last speech, king was murdered .

    King was hit in the face. Abernathy tried to save his friend and stop the blood. King was taken to the hospital an died on April 4, 1968.