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Martin Luther King Jr (Life ( (Attended Booker T. Washington high school…
Martin Luther King Jr
Life
Attended Booker T. Washington high school and entered Morehouse College Atlanta at age 15. 1948, MLK attended his first integrated school Crozer Theological Seminary. Enrolled to Boston University , and earned his PhD on theology in 1955.
During his last year of college he came under the guidance of Morehouse CollegePresident Benjamin E Mays. Mays encouraged MLK to "view christianity as a potential force for social change"
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King Jr married Loretta Scott in 1953 and they have four children together: Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther iii, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Albertine.
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Born Atlanta, January 15 1929
Father Martin Luther King Sr was a pastor and was involved in the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
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Throughout his life he became the leader of a civil rights movement, using non violent protest methods to fight segregation and achieve equality
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Protests
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Bloody Sunday 1965
Dr.King and several other civil rights leaders organised three marches in a bid for voting rights for all. Film footage of the police brutality spread around the country, it sparked anger and helped to boost support for the civil-rights movement. it was a turning point for the civil rights movement and a clear demonstration of Dr.King's nonviolence.
Dr.King organised another march and delivered speech that is now known as "How long, not long"
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Significance
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What he achieved
Nobel peace prize for leading non- violent resistance to racial prejudice in the U.S. October 14 1966
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