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Martin Luther King Jr. Background
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. He was 2nd of the 3 brothers and his first name was Michael. Later it waschanged it to Martin. -
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College degrees
In 1948, he graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A. degree in Sociology. He recived 20 awards from a variaty of universities including:
1957
Doctor of Humane Letters, Morehouse College
Doctor of Laws, Howard University
Doctor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary
1958
Doctor of Laws, Morgan State College
Doctor of Humanities, Central State College
1959
Doctor of Divinity, Boston University
1961
Doctor of Laws, Lincoln University
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Baptist minister
Martin Luther King Jr. became the pastor of dexter avenue baptist church in 14 may, 1954. http://www.dexterkingmemorial.org/history_drmlkjr.cfm
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Bus boycott
Martin Luther King became presedent of the MIA (Montgomery Improvment association). This community was formed as a act against Rosa Parks arrest. http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_montgomery_bus_boycott_1955_1956/ -
I have a dream speach
I have a dream speach was a famlous speach by Martin Luther King delivered in 28 August, 1963 on the steps of the lincoln memorial in Washington D.C
This is a link to the speach: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
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Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther King recived the nobel peace prize at the age of 35. He was the youngest man to recive a nobel peace prize and he used the prize money to support the human rights movement.
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Assassnation of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King was shot during his stay at a Lorraine Motel in Memphis when he came out to the balcony. The 30-caliber bullet rife was shot through his right cheek to the neck and stopped in his shoulder.
sources:http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm
