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DR. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Years. Martin was born in 1929 January 15 in Atlanta. His dads name is Martin Luther King Sr. His mothers name is Alberta King. When Martin was born the doctor said he was perfect.
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Early Years • Martin was born in 1929 January 15 in Atlanta. • His dads name is Martin Luther King Sr. • His mothers name is Alberta King. • When Martin was born the doctor said he was perfect. • When martin was a kid the Ebenezer Baptist church was like a 2 home to martin. • When Martin was a kid he had a white friend but when they turn six they go to school so when they start going to school they can not be friends with a white kid.
Middle Years • When martin was 17 he wasn't a minster like his father was yes but he was a sermon. • The very next year martin became a minster and also a assistant at his fathers church. • In 1948 martin graduated from collage. • In 1951 martin graduated from crozer he was the top student in his class so he moved to Massachusetts to study at Boston in Boston he met Coretta.
Later Years • 1950 – fight for civil rights movement. • 1955 -Montgomery Alabama bus boycott. • The bus boycott almost drove the buses out of business . • After that a fire bomb was thrown at martins porch.
Important Facts • Loved listening to his fathers powerful words. • His brothers name is Alfred Daniel. • His sisters name is Christen. • His nick name is Ml. • In 1960 martin and 200 students were arrested for the lunch sit-in. • When they were put in jail they did not fight even when people yelled at them and spit at them even throw rocks at them they did nothing. • Martins kids were named martin luther king 3 and Bernice king and Yolanda king and Dexter Scott king. • Martin was so smart he skipped several grades he was 15 when he was in college.
Sources Who was Martin Luther king Jr? by bonnie bade http://www.google.com/search Martin Luther king Jr. the fight for freedom by Joanne Mattern http://wiki.answers.com