martin luther king, jr. biography funbook

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MEETS NATIONAL STANDARDS

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MartinLuther King, Jr.

A Biography Funbook™

By Carole Marsh

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A Word From theA Word From theAuthor!Author!

About the Author. . .About the Author. . .

Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most influentialcivil rights leader of his time. A minister and pacifist,Martin encouraged peaceful demonstrations tobring about change. America was forever impactedby this wonderful and brave leader!

Carole Marsh

Carole Marsh is the creator of the BiographyFunbook™ Series and author of many books onHistory, Geography, and Biography. She is also thecreator of The 50 State Experience Series, whichincludes books, workbooks, software, stickers,maps, and other products for all 50 States andCanada. In 2007, she was named Georgia Authorof the Year. You can write to her [email protected].

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was theson of Reverend Martin LutherKing, Sr. and Alberta WilliamsKing. Martin’s father was apastor at a popular Baptistchurch in Atlanta.

Martin became aware of prejudice and inequality as a

black child growing up in the South.

As a child,Martin was

called M.L by hisfamily and

friends.

Starting with the letter H,cross off every other letter below.

H E N B W E J N X E D Z P E L R

Martin’s father was a pastor at

______________________ Baptist Church.

Minister of Peaceful Change


Martin attended Booker T. Washington HighSchool. It was the first black publichigh school in Atlanta. Martinwas such a good student, heskipped the ninth andtwelfth grades and wasonly 15 when heentered college!

Martin went to collegeat Morehouse College in

Atlanta. He graduated with adegree in sociology.

Color the school and bell.

While in college, Martin firstthought he wanted to be a lawyer. Hethen changed his mind and decided tofollow in his father’s footsteps. Circlethe profession young Martin chose.

pastor

police officer

doctor


Martin wasn’t finished with school yet!Next, he went to CrozerTheological Seminary inPennsylvania to earn hisdegree in divinity. Whilein college in Pennsylvania,he was awarded a prizefor “most outstandingstudent.”

Circle the popular Massachusetts townwhere Martin went to graduate school.

Cincinnati

Atlanta

Boston

Color the ribbon.

Martin continued hiseducation at a university in

Massachusetts as he worked towarda doctoral degree.


While in Boston, Martin met Coretta Scott.She was studying music at the New EnglandConservatory of Music. Martin noticedthat Coretta was pretty andsmart. He asked her tomarry him on their firstdate! Coretta did notaccept right away.They eventually weremarried in 1953.

How old was Martinwhen he married Coretta? Solve themath problem below to find out!

1953 (year of marriage)

- 1929 (year of birth)

(age at wedding)

Coretta Scott was also from the South—Marion, Alabama.

Color the wedding bells.


Martin and Coretta left Boston in 1954 tomove to Montgomery, Alabama, whereMartin became a preacher at DexterAvenue Baptist Church. In1955, Martin finished his thesisand received his doctoraldegree. Now he was knownas Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In 11 years, Martin earned three degrees from three different

colleges! Wow!

Martin was influenced by a famous

speaker and pacifist-activist, who

believed peaceful demonstrations were the road

to change. Who was this famous speaker? Solve

the code to find out.

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In 1955, an important event in civil rightshappened. Rosa Parks, a black woman inMontgomery, refused to give up her busseat to a white man. She was arrested andtaken to jail. Martin and other black leadersdecided this was the right time to demanddesegregation of public buses inMontgomery.

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Martin helped

organize a bus

boycott that lasted

for 380 days!


The boycott was successful andMontgomery laws changed, ending the“white-only” sections of buses. Thisnonviolent political action brought Martininto the limelight. His name became known asan effective civil rights leader—and he wasonly in his middle twenties!

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Whenblack people

in Montgomeryboycotted the

buses, this meantthat they refused

to ride them.Because of this,

the public bussystem lost a lot

of money.

Enemies ofthe civil rights

movement were notpeaceful like Martin.

In 1956, his home wasbombed. No one

was hurt.


Martin became very active in civil rightscauses. He organized the SouthernChristian Leadership Conference (SCLC),which was a church-based civil rightsgroup. He participated in civil rightsdemonstrations andcontinued to faceviolence, beatings,and arrests.

Put the following events in order.

____ Martin married Coretta Scott.

____ Martin received his doctoral degree.

____ Martin entered college atthe age of 15.

____ Martin organized the Montgomery bus boycott.

In 1959,Martin leftAlabama to

work with hisfather at

Ebenezer BaptistChurch inAtlanta.


Martin led the massive March onWashington in 1963. Over250,000 marchers from all overthe nation were inWashington on August 28. Itwas here that Martin gavehis famous “I Have aDream” speech.

In 1964,Martin was

awarded theNobel Peace

Prize.

Unscramble the sentences below to readpart of Martin’s famous speech!

“I have a _____________ that my four little EDRAM

children will one day live in a ____________NNTOIA

where they will not be judged by the

_________ of their ___________ but by the ROCLO NISK

content of their character.”


In 1968, while traveling through Memphis,Tennessee, Martin was shot and killed onthe balcony of his hotel. People all over theworld mourned Martin Luther King, Jr.’sdeath. He was 39 years old. Dr. King devoted his life to working for equal rightsfor ALL Americans.

Color the picture ofDr. Martin LutherKing, Jr.

In 1983, Congress

signed a bill making January

20, Martin Luther King Day,

a federal holiday.

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