Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man who changed America. Back in the early and mid 1900’s life wasn’t equal between black and white people. They were kept separate, this was called segregation. They were kept separate in water fountains, bathrooms, and even some public places. In almost all cases white people had the better of them. He was born in 1928 into a black family. His first name was Michal. When Michael was five Michael Luther King Sr. changed both his and his sons name to Martin Luther King in honor of a famous leader.

Martin attended college at the age of 16 at More House University (a mostly black school.) This is where Martin started thinking about ways he could help the civil rights movement.Nine years later in 1953 Martin married Coretta Scott. Two years after that, a woman named Rosa Parks wouldn’t give her seat on the bus to a white man, even though it was against the law. This got Rosa Parks thrown in jail. Martin took part on a boycott on buses until they could sit wherever they wanted. Seven years later in 1963 Martin said his famous I have a dream speech at Washington D.C. Soon after that discrimination based on race was illegal

Martin goes to Memphis to help trash workers who are on strike, but gets shot on his second day there.

Without Martin who knows what the world would be like today. There could still be segregation.  Martin was a great man who had a huge impact on America.

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