LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Born: Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta.

Education:

Entered Morehouse College in Atlanta at age 15.

Divinity degree, Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa.

Ph.D. in theology, Boston University, 1955

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Civil rights accomplishments:

Founded Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1957

Organized 1963 March on Washington, where he gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech

Received Nobel Peace Prize, 1964, for his work as a civil rights leader

Assassination:

Shot and killed in Memphis, Tenn., April 4, 1968. He is buried in Atlanta.

— McClatchy Newspapers

 


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