MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Martin Luther King was born on January 15th,1929. He was born to a Baptist Family, in Atlanta- USA.

His real name was Martin Luther King Jr. ( Junior).

His mother's name was Alberta Williams. She was a Baptist pastor.

His father was Mr. Martin Luther King. He was a farmer.

During his childhood, he attended segregated public schools. He graduated from Boston University in 1955.

He married Coretta Scott and they had two sons and two daughters.

Martin Luther King Jr. was the Negro Leader of the nonviolent Civil Rights movement.

In 1964 he received The Nobel Peace Prize.

On April 4th, 1968 he died when he was making one of his famous speeches . Someone in the crowd shot him to death.The world mourned the death of the American Blacks Leader and a world figure.

Nobody will ever forget his most famous statement:

I HAVE A  DREAM ! 

        King in prison

Bus boycott 
(December 1,1955 /December  20,1956 )                               

King demonstrating against racial segregation

                   Rosa Parks - the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott

This text was written by Francisco Matos, no 11, from class 6B