1. Martin Luther King Jr.
By Jacob Briggs

2. Early Life Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th, 1929
He was born in Atlanta

3. Early Life He had one older sister, Willie Christine King.
He also had a younger brother, Alfred Daniel King.

4. Early Life
Martin Luther King started his education at Yonge Street Elementary.
He attended Booker T. Washington High School.
Dr. King also attended Moorehouse College.

5. Greatest Accomplishments
Martin Luther King was the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
He won it for fighting against racial segregation and discrimination through nonviolent ways

6. Greatest Accomplishments
He has been awarded at least fifty honorary degrees from colleges in the4 United States
He was given the American Liberties Medallion by the American Jewish Committee.

7. Greatest Accomplishments
In 1966 he was given the Margaret Sanger Award from the Planned Parenthood Federation.
He won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for “Why I Oppose The War in Vietnam” in 1977.

8. Greatest Accomplishments
Martin was voted third in the Greatest American Contest by the Discovery Channel and AOL.
He was second in Gallup’s List of Widely Admired People in the 20th Century

9. Greatest Accomplishments
He was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy in 1955

10. Interesting Facts
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Civil Rights activist and is considered to be the leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1950’s and 1960’s.
Many see him as the greatest orator of U.S. history.

11. Interesting Facts
In 1934, five years after his birth, his parents realized that his name had been recorded wrong on his birth certificate. It said Michael King, so his name had to be legally changed to Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1939, Martin sang with his church choir in Atlanta at the premier of the movie ‘Gone With The Wind’

12. Interesting Facts
He skipped 9th and 12th grade and entered Moorehouse College at age 15.
He had Bachelor Degrees in sociology and theology.
In 1955 he received his PH. D. from Boston University.

13. Works Cited
10 Little Known Facts About MLK.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Biography