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Martin Luther King Jr's Birth
Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 14,1929 in Atlanta, GA. Martin Luther King Jr. was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. -
King's Collegiate Career
Martin Luther King Jr. earned a sociology degree from Morehouse College and attended the liberal Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. After being accepted at several colleges for his doctoral study, including Yale and Edinburgh in Scotland, King enrolled at Boston University. -
Married Coretta Scott
Martin Luther King Jr married Coretta Scott in June 1953 and had four children, Yolanda, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott and Bernice. While still working on his dissertation, King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church of Montgomery, Alabama. -
"I Have a Dream"
The historic March on Washington drew more than 200,000 people in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial. It was here that King made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, expressing his belief that someday all men could be brothers. -
Martin Luther King Jr's Death
King was standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, where he and associates were staying, when a sniper’s bullet struck him in the neck. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, at the age of 39.
