Martin Luther King Day is on, Monday, January 20, 2020, and his birthday is on January 15. Born in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin won a big speech in high school. He graduated high school at age 15. Went to Morehouse College. He became a minister in 1948. He told people not to fight and to change the laws in peaceful ways. He sometimes went to jail and faced violence but he kept working. In 1953, he married Coretta Scott King In 1963 he gave his famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” in Washington, D.C. In 1964 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Civil Rights laws became a law in 1964 now people of all colors have equal rights. Martin’s work was a success. Martin was assassinated in 1968.
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