Martin Luther King Jr.

By: Amanda

I HAVE A DREAM…

January 15th, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia

BIRTHDAY

Education

•Graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia with a BA degree in Sociology•Graduated from the Crozer Theological Seminary with a BA of Divinity, which qualified him to become a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in 1951•Received his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston University in 1955

Important Events• Married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953• Had four children: Yolanda Denise (1955), Martin Luther

III (1957), Dexter Scott (1961), Bernice Albertine (1963)• Martin had a dream that all people would someday be

sisters and brothers in a world governed by equality, justice, and peace• Gave a speech on August 28, 1963 in Washington DC at

the Lincoln Memorial• Was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his “I have a

dream” speech• Believed that Black’s and White’s should be created

and treated equally

Without Martin Luther Kind Jr. in our world today, Black’s and

White’s still would still be segregated from each other and

there would still be a lot of tension. The Civil Rights fight

would have been extremely more violent and the racism again

African American’s would still be very high. Therefore, the world as a whole would be very different

and diverse without his present in our lives.

Martin Luther King Jr. died on April 4, 1968 (39 years old) in Memphis, Tennessee after being shot at by James Earl

Ray by from a Remington 760 Gamemaster while standing on his hotel balcony.

Decease

The tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. is located on the grounds of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia along

with the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.