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Martin Luther King was a man who fought for civil rights. He did everything possible to fight for
freedom. He knew what he wanted and what he needed to accomplish by the end of his life and succeded.
The only thing he wanted was freedom.
His life and family.
Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15,1929 and was raised up their. His
education was pretty good, although he skipped 9th and 12th grade and went to college without
graduating high school.
He got married in 1953, to a woman called, “Coretta Scott”. They had four children, “ Yolanda, Martin,
Dexter and Bernice”. Mr. Luther King won three awards in his lifetime: the, “Nobel Peace prize” the,
“Presedential Award of Freedom” and the,”Congressional Gold Medal”.
He held lots of meetings about what he wanted the world to be like with the freedom he was fighting for
and about all his protests. The most famous one was the, “I have a dream” speech which took place in
August, and it went on for 17 minuets . It was ranked “Top American Speech” of the 20th century. He
traveled all around America to fulfill his dreams.
Martin Luther King’s
signature.
What he fought for and why? Martin Luther King fought for freedom and civil rights because he
wanted the black people to have the right to drink from any water fountain, sit wherever they wanted on
the bus, go to the bathroom and, to go to certain restaraunts . The only problem was that all the white
people did not like that, not even the police.
Marin Luther King was shot when he was out on a balcony. The Lorraine Motel, where King was
assassinated, now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum. His grave is buried with his wife.
Martin Luther King and his wife’s
Grave. � It is surrounded in
water.
…….
Right before he
died.
His funeral.