Martin luther king (prefebly used as a presentation)

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This extraordinary man like no other, Martin Luther King Jr believed in equal rights. Fighting for this cause made him an extremely popular figure in history. By protesting he gained many hearts as well as improved laws. He was one of a kind, to be remembered for years to come.

Martin Luther King grew up in the USA at a time when black people were segregated from white people. He campaigned for equal rights for blacks using non-violent methods of protest. He was assassinated while speaking in Tennessee, but the message he preached resulted in improved conditions for black Americans.

King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929, the eldest son of Martin Luther King, Sr., a Baptist minister, and Alberta Williams King. He entered Morehouse College at the age of 15 and was ordained a Baptist minister at the age of 17. Graduating from Crozer Theological Seminary as class president in 1951, he then did postgraduate work at Boston University.

King's studies at Crozer and Boston led him to explore the works of the Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi, whose ideas became the core of his own philosophy of nonviolent protest. While in Boston, he met Coretta Scott of Marion, Alabama. They had four children.

They were married in June 1953, and the following year King accepted an appointment as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. As a boy, Martin loved to listen to his Grandmother read from the bible and play games with his brother and sister. Even more, he enjoyed playing with the children of the local shopkeeper. This was very unusual in Atlanta; because Martin was black ad his friends were white.

Black people first came to the United States as slaves, but now they were free...