Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., most famous for his �I Have a Dream� speech, was a non-violent black civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s.  Born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia, King attended local segregated public schools, were he excelled in all subjects.  At age 15, he entered the nearby Morehouse College and graduated with a bachelor�s degree in sociology in 1948.  After graduating with honors from Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1951, King went to Boston University where he received a doctoral degree in systematic theology in 1955.  While in Boston, he met Coretta Scott, and was married in 1953.
       Rosa Parks, a member of the the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was arrested on a bus owned by Montgomery Bus Company for refusing to give up her seat in 1955.  This rallied the NAACP well as several other local blacks to a bus protest.  King, chosen by a NACCP leader, was appointed president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), and in February 1956, a lawsuit was filed against Montgomery and was later won.
     By that time, King was a recognized, respected leader.  In 1957, he helped found a group called the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization of black churches and ministers aimed to challenge segregation.  As president of the organization, King led many non-violent protests, demonstrations, boycotts, and marches to end segregation and discrimination.  In the early 1960s, King led the SCLC in a series of protests that gained national attention.  His first protest, in Alba...

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