MLKJR.

MLKJR. FACTS

• MLKjr. was born Jan.15, 1929.
• He was raised in Atlanta Georgia.
• His father was a minister at the local church.
• He was originally named Micheal King jr.
• He was named after his father.

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MLKJR. FACTS CONT.

• He entered public shcool at age 5.
• In may 1936 he was baptized.
• 5 years later his grandmother died from a heart attack.
• After her death he attempted suicide by jumping from a 2 story window.
• He was such a precious student in high school that he skipped 9th and 11th grade.

MLKJR. FACTS CONT.

• At age 15 he went to Morehouse college.
• He was a popular student.
• In his junior year of college he took a bible class.
• He was killed in 1968 on his hotel room balcony.
• James Earl Ray who killed him died in prison.