Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia his birth name was Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather was a pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 till he passed away in 1931. His father took over severing after that and Martin Luther was a co pastor in the church also. Martin Luther went to public schools in Georgia, and he graduated high school when he was only fifteen years old; he received the B.A. degree in 1948 from the Morehouse College. This was a college in Atlanta for black people to attend to his father and grandfather both graduated from there. After three years of studying theological at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania he was elected to be president of a white senior class group, he was awarded the B.D. in 1951. He later went to a graduate school at Boston University; In Boston he met Coretta Scot and so after that he married her.
In late 1954, Martin became a pastor in a church called Dexter Avenue Baptist in Montgomery, Alabama. Kings always worked hard for the rights for colored people and shortly he became a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was one of the biggest organizations during its time period. During the days of boycott Martin was arrested, his house was bombed, he was abused, but out of all that he still manage to become a strong and powerful leader. He was elected president of a Christian Leadership in 1957; this group mainly provided new leaders for the civil rights movement. King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times and he also wrote five books. He also led huge protests in Alabama these protests grabbed every on...
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.... He had enough guts to stand and protest what was wrong. We honor Martin Luther King, Jr. because he showed us the value of racial equality and how to stand up for what we believe in. Thank you, King for leading our nation to better heights through love and peace.
Works Cited
Bennett, Lerone, Jr., What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Chicago, Johnson, 1964.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., Stride toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. 1958.
"Man of the Year", Time, 83 (January 3, 1964)
Reddick, Lawrence D., Crusader without Violence: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, Harper, 1959.
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