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Martin was born in January 15th 1930. He is from Atlanta, Georgia.He was a civil rights activist.
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At school he was very smart, he skipped two grades and went to college at fifteen.
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He got married with Correta Scott and he had four children, Yolanda, Martin, Dexter and Bernice.
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Led the Montgomery bus boycott started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man. She went to jail. The boycott lasted for four years.
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Martin went to prison because he was protesting.
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Martins house got bombed because of the bus boycott.
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He spoke in front of 250,000 people when he did the “I have a dream” speech.
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Youngest person to receive Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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Helped to organize “March on Washington.” More than 250,000 people attended
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He died when he was standing on his hotel balcony when James Earl Ray shot him.
