He enrolled in graduate studies at Boston University, completing his doctorate in 1953 and receiving the degree in 1955.

In Boston he met and married Coretta Scott, with whom he had four children: Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott and Bernice.

In his family there were three Martin Luther : Martin Luther Martin Luther Junior Martin Luther III

In 1955 he organized the Montgomery bus boycott because the buses were reserved to white people.

Between 1958 and 1963 he was arrested several times for his work in defense of human rights.

On 28 August 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. organized a historic march to Washington to show the importance of solving the nation's racial problems. About 250,000 people participated in this event.

250,000 people gathered and listened to Martin Luther King, his immortal words were: "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character".

In 1968 Martin was planning a national occupation of Washington, called the Poor People's Campaign,(this was an effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States) On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting against racial inequality through nonviolence.

He was assassinated on 4 April 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was trying to help the striking garbage workers. The funeral was held on 9 April 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

On 22 august 2011 in Washington a square dedicated to Martin Luther King was inaugurated, with a statue (9 metres high) that represents him.

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