Monday is MLK day so today I have put together a summary of his life. Michel Luther King Jr was born on January 15, 1929 (he later changed his name to martin). Martin was a very religious man and become a pastor on February 25, 1948. He also got married to Correa Scott on June 18, 1953. Also related to religion he got his doctorate in systematic theology in June of 1955. On December 5, 1955 he became president of the Montgomery Improvement Society (MIA) after the Rosa Parks incident. Because he was a civil rights leader in the south, he received a lot of hate, so his house got bombed and received a threatening phone call at the end of January 1956. After a long hard battle the United States Supreme Court declared bus segregation unconstitutional on November 13, 1956. In 1957 he delivered his first national address and in 1958 he and other civil rights leaders met with president Dwight. D Eisenhower. On September 20, 1958 he was at a book signing in Harlem and got stabbed, but survived the accident. During this time it was very common for police officers to get involved in demonstrations, and Martin was arrested but was released soon after. On August 28, 1963 he delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech and, soon after segregation was outlawed. In 1964 he was named the Time man of the year, and won the Nobel peace prize. His life came to a tragic end on April 4, 1968 when he was shot and killed on his balcony.