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A Man With A Dream

A Man With A Dream. Private Life Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born Michael Luther King. Religion — Christianity. Grandfather and father

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Page 1: A Man With A Dream. Private Life Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born Michael Luther King. Religion — Christianity. Grandfather and father

A Man With A Dream

Page 2: A Man With A Dream. Private Life Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born Michael Luther King. Religion — Christianity. Grandfather and father

Private Life Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born Michael Luther King. Religion — Christianity. Grandfather and father were baptist pastors.

Page 3: A Man With A Dream. Private Life Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born Michael Luther King. Religion — Christianity. Grandfather and father

Family Tree

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Education Booker T. Washington High School.

Morehouse College(1944 — 1948) → Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology.

Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester,Pennsylvania(1948-1951) → Bachelor of Divinity.

Postgraduate study of the Boston university (1951-1955) → Doctor of philosophy.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, March 1955.

Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat, December 1955.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

1957, civil rights activists founded the SCLC.

Results :

Most of rights of the black were successfully enacted into the law of the United States with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.