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Martin Luther King Jr. By YOUR NAME. Personal Facts. Born Jan. 15 1929- Atlanta, Georgia Died April 4 1968- Memphis Tennessee Lead Civil Rights movement in U.S. Advocated non violent protests against segregation. Milestones. Selected as pastor of church in Alabama
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Martin Luther King Jr. By YOUR NAME
Personal Facts • Born Jan. 15 1929- Atlanta, Georgia • Died April 4 1968- Memphis Tennessee • Lead Civil Rights movement in U.S. • Advocated non violent protests against segregation
Milestones • Selected as pastor of church in Alabama • Received Ph.D in Systematic Theology • Helped desegregate buses in Montgomery. Alabama • Delivered “I Have A Dream” speech • Assasiniatedin 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee
Did You Know? • MLK was strongly influenced by Mohandas Gandhi • First African-American named Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year” • Spoke against poverty and Vietnam war
MLK Trivia • Did MLK win the Nobel Prize? • Who was MLK’s spouse? • Did MLK graduate from Morehouse College?