1. By: Amanda

2. January 15 th, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.