MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR

BIOGRAPHY

• born into preacher family in Atlanta
• he attended a segregated school in Georgia
• elected president of his senior class in college 
• received B.A in 1648 from Morehouse college
• got doctorate degree from Boston University

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• while he was in Boston he met his wife
• became pastor in a church in Alabama
• member of NAACP
• participated in bus boycott
• king was arrested and spent time in jail

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• president of the SCLC
• drew inspiration from Gandhi and Christianity
• "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
• awarded 5 honorary degrees; MAN OF THE YEAR
• "I have a dream speech"

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• youngest man to receive Nobel Peace Prize
• gave al of his monry to charity
• on April 4, 1968 he was assassinated
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-AMerican_civil_rights_movement

His influence on the US

• spoke out against injustice
• fought for civil rights
• he led marches for black rights, desegregation, labor rights, etc.
• proved to the world that change is possible 

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• no violence
• rights fought for were enacted into US law eventually
• http://consciousmagazine.co/have-a-dream/

following JESUS

• love your neighbor
• stick up for the rights of others
• JUSTICE!!!!!

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