Biography Of Martian Luther King Jr.

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Martian Luther King Jr. was born on January 15 1929. He attended Brooker T. Washington High school. He entered MoreHouse College at the age of 15, In Atlanta, in the year 1944. He had an older sister and a younger brother. The sister named Willie Christian, the brother named Alfred Daniel Williams King. He got married to Coretta Scott. They then got married 1953 in the year of June. Martin Luther was assassinated in the year of 1968 month of April. He won the noble peace prize in 1968. Then also received several other honors.

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