Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and minister who advocated for racial equality and justice through nonviolent protest. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and became a Baptist minister after graduating from Morehouse College and Crozer Theological Seminary. King received his doctorate and married Coretta Scott, settling in Montgomery, Alabama where he would lead the bus boycott campaign after Rosa Parks was arrested. King formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to continue fighting segregation and later gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington. He was assassinated in 1968, sparking riots across the US.

2. Who was MLK?
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Civil Rights Leader
Pastor / Minister
Husband / Father
Moral Leader

3. Childhood
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Born on January 15th,
1929
Atlanta, Georgia
Parents: The Reverend
and Mrs. Martin Luther
King Sr.

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Graduated from Booker
T. Washington High
School
Admitted to Morehouse
College at age of 15

5. Continued Education
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Graduates Morehouse
Enters Crozer
Theological Seminary
Ordained to Baptist
ministry Feb. 25, 1948 at
age of 19.
Enters Boston University
for Graduate Studies

6. Marriage
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Marries Coretta Scott
Settles in Montgomery,
Alabama
Receives Doctorate of
Philosophy in Systematic
Theology from Boston
University on June 5th,
1955.

7. Becoming a Leader
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Joins bus boycott after Rosa
Parks arrested.
Elected president of the
Montgomery Improvement
Association, making him
official spokesperson for
boycott.
Forms the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference to fight
segregation and gain civil
rights.

8. Civil Disobedience

9. Ideas for Change
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Non-violence
Equality
Compassion
Education
Forgiveness
Perseverance
Social Responsibility
Freedom
Service to others
Social Justice

10. Sacrifice

11. The Birmingham Campaign
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The turning point
Stores, restaurants, and
schools will be
desegregated.
Hiring of African
Americans implemented.
Charges dropped.

12. I Have a Dream

13. Civil Rights Act of 1964

14. Socioeconomic Problems
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Discrimination in
housing, employment,
and schools.
Poor People’s Campaign

15. Assassination
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Riots and disturbances in
130 American cities.
20,000 arrests.
Within a week, Open
Housing Act is passed