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    My research is about Martin Luther King Jr., he was born on January 15, 1929. His original name was Michael Luther King Jr. but later on changed it. His family was known for being pastors. His grandfather started at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Since being being a pastor was kinda the family thing, so Martin Luther King Jr. was a co-pastor. He graduated high school at age 15. After high school he went to Morehouse College and got his B.A. degree. Morehouse College is a college that…

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    In the following report I will be evaluating a very successful leader named Martin Luther King Jr. It all started with a dream, a dream for change and a dream for a better tomorrow. Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist and a leader in the civil rights movement of USA. He is known for the non-violent ways in which he advanced and led the civil rights movement. He fought for racial equality and showed everyone a picture of a better future where all men and women are equal. Courage, perseverance…

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    Who is Martin Luther KIng Jr.? Martin Luther King Jr. was known for his role in the Civil Right, Peace movement, and his speech “ I Have a Dream”. The Civil Rights movement was based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. His speech was about everyone being the same and for everyone to come together. The speech was given during the March of Washington. He was the leader of the Civil Rights. He was assassinated April 4, 1968. His assassination was at a hotel by James Earl Ray. James…

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    Do you know who Martin Luther King Jr. is? Or Malcolm X? They were some of the most important and inspiring people who had the biggest impact during the Civil Rights Movement. Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. was a Civil rights movement leader. He was a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist, who had a seismic effect on race relations in the United States. King played a very important role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in…

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    Martin Luther King Jr's vision is one that changed the world in an enormous way. In fact, I bet that anyone walked through an elementary school at some point in their life has heard of Martin Luther King. It’s a day in January that we have always got off of school ever since we were little. There has to be a reason that we get that day off of school. The reason just can’t be because the Superintendent was feeling nice and is giving us an extra day off it’s because Martin Luther King impacted…

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    Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr was a very smart man, he graduated from a segregated public high school at the age of 15. Martin Luther King Jr also received a BA degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia in 1948. He graduated from a Theological Seminary school in 1951, where he was also elected president of a predominantly white senior class . Martin enrolled in Graduate studies at Boston University completing his residency…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. How much do you know about Martin Luther King Jr.? I am one of the most famous people who fought for equal rights. I had a large impact on segregation. I am now one of the many icons of civil rights. I, Martin Luther King Jr. grew up in a segregated town in Atlanta which led me to a life of advocating for equal rights for all despite how people treated me for my determination and beliefs; however, I helped people realize what equal rights were and changed our country…

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    literally a religious figure. Martin Luther King Jr. as a kid I always looked up to this guy he was my hero. Someone who was able to fight for what he believed in without so much as raising a fist. So in my eyes mr.King was a perfect gentleman. His first real achievement was beimg the organizer of the montgomery bus boycotts. This boycott was a outstanding sucess in fact, "By the time the Supreme Court ruled segregated seating on public buses unconstitutional in November 1956, King ... had…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a civil rights activist. He had a wife named Coretta Scott. They had four kids together. When Martin Luther King Jr. was younger he tried to commit suicide. He tried to commit suicide because he was upset when he found out that his grandmother had passed away. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April, 1969. In his life he earned a Nobel Peace Prize among many other honors. He was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He is still…

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    Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. By: Clayborne Carson Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of the most influential men of his time. Clayborne Carson gives an overview of his life and goes into specific details of his accomplishments that have benefited the African American community. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King had two siblings an older sister named, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother named, Alfred Daniel Williams King. Kings father…

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