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1 Martin Luther King Jr.

2 His Family Born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia
Father- Martin Luther King, Senior Mother- Alberta Williams King Married June 18, 1953, Marion, Alabama Had four children Yolanda Martin Luther III Dexter Bernice

3 Education Younge Street Elementary Booker T. Washington
at age 15, entered Moorehouse College skipped 9th and 12th grade due to high scores on entrance exams Christian Minister from1954 until his death

4 Freedom Fighter 1955, joins the bus boycott
1957, joins group to fight segregation 1959, visited India to study nonviolence 1960, lunch counter sit-in begins

5 The Continued Fight 1963, deliver his speech, I Have A Dream
Equal treatment for all Brotherhood among all Freedom and justice People judged by character traits/not color Children regardless of color walk hand in hand

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10 Death shot while standing on the balcony of Lorraine Motel in Tennessee, 1968 James Earl Ray pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.


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