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Martin Luther King Jr. was born on 15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
he was Baptist minister of America and social activist who lead the American Civil Rights Movement from 1950 to 1968. At the age of 35, Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America.

Facts about Martin Luther King Jr.

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facts about Martin Luther King Jr.

• Martin Luther King Jr. was Baptist minister of America and social activist who lead the American Civil Rights Movement.

facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s name

• Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. and His original name was Michael not Martin.

facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s father

• His father who's name was Michael King was a pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church.


• Later on King Sr. changed his own and his 5 yr old son's name to Martin Luther King Sr. and Martin Luther King Jr.

5 facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood

facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s school and college

• Martin Luther King Jr. entered in college at the age of 15 as an early admission student. he was such a brilliant student that he skipped 9th and 12th grades before entering into College.

facts about Dr Martin Luther King Jr.'s degree

• Martin Luther King Jr. receives the bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Morehouse. He continues his education at the Crozer Theological Seminary, and later at Boston University's School of Theology, he received his Ph.D. degree.

facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s family

• Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott in 1953.


• Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King had four children: Yolanda, Martin Luther King III, Dexter and Bernice.


• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed in 1957 with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists.

facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s inspiration 

• Martin Luther King Jr. took great inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi in pushing forward his Civil Rights Movement. and In February, 1959 he traveled to India to study Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence.


• Gandhi’s principles had great impression on Martin Luther King Jr.

facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech

• Martin Luther King Jr. lead a Walk to Freedom in Detroit Michigan on 23rd June, 1963, where more than 125,000 had took part.


• Martin Luther King Jr. delivered speech On "I Have a Dream" at a historic march in Washington DC for jobs, freedom on August 28, 1963

facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize

• At the age of 35, He is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America.


• According to the King Center, King went to jail nearly 30 times during civil rights leader.

assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. facts

• Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated In the early evening of April 4, 1968 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee.

facts about Martin Luther King Jr. day

• President Ronald Reagan signs a bill in the White House Rose Garden designating a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., to be observed on the third Monday of January.

facts about Martin Luther King Jr. day observed third Monday of January

• On January 20 1986, Martin Luther King Day was celebrated for the first time


• It is observed on the third Monday of January because it's around King's birthday the January 15.


• approximately 900 streets named after Martin Luther King Jr.in the United States.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

• Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.


• The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.


• Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.


• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.


• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.


• I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.


• I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.


• Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?


• The time is always right to do what is right.


• We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

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