By Amanda I HAVE A DREAM January 15 th 1929 in Atlanta Georgia BIRTHDAY Education Graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia with a BA degree in Sociology Graduated ID: 489309
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Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Amanda
I HAVE A DREAM…Slide2
January 15
th, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia
BIRTHDAYSlide3
Education
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 1951Received
his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston University in 1955Slide4
Important Events
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 peaceGave 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” speechBelieved that Black’s and White’s should be created and treated equallySlide5
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.Slide6
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.
DeceaseSlide7
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.
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.