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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

MLK Jr's Family

Mother: Alberta Williams King

Father: Martin Luther King, Sr.

Spouse: Coretta Scott King

Son(s): Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King

Daughter(s):Yolanda King and Bernice King

MLK, Jr's Impact on American Culture

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?

-People are now treated based on character and not color/race or gender

-Blacks and Whites are joined together (schools, churches, public places, ect.)

Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia

Assassinated: April 4, 1968 (39 years old) by James Earl Ray with one bullet in the neck (200 ft. away) and dies an hour later @ St. Joseph's Hospital

-American Baptist Minitster

-Activist

-Humanitarian

-Leader of the Civil Rights Movement

Fighting for Rights

He led many peaceful protests, did many speeches, and went to jail numerous times

-1955: recruited to serve as a spokesman in the Montgomery Bus Boycott

-1957: was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) (the SCLC is to coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the south)

-1963: March on Washington-"I have a Dream" speech

-1964: at 35 years old he became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize

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