Although Martin Luther King Jr. is not with us anymore he will always be remembered for the changes he made possible for we the citizens.

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Below is a video of this famous speech. (Primary Source 2).

The purpose of this march was to advocate for human rights, freedom, and justice. These rights were for people of color such as African-Americans. This march took place on August 28, 1963. Non-people of color sprayed the people who participated in these marches with water.

He got his bachelors degree from more house college. He also went to crozer Theological seminary. At this school, he learned about how bad people can be. He also went to Boston university for hid phd degree. He was very interested in philosophy. In 1954, he became a pastor (Secondary Source 1).

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in a family home. He was born in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. His dad was Martin Luther King Sr. and was a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church while his mother, Alberta Williams King, stayed at home to help out with the family. MLK described his dad as “fearless and courageous” and his mom as “softspoken and easy-going” (Primary Source 1).

Martin Luther King Jr. had a pretty comfortable childhood. He was close to his parents, especially his dad. Because his dad was a pastor, he spent a lot of time in church. The book also says that there were two things in his childhood that affected him a lot. The first one is when his grandmother died. The second is when he realized that white people did’t like black people. So his life was kind of poor and not as fun because he couldn’t go to theaters and he couldn’t even go to eat a lunch at a counter at some restaurants. He did not like that at all.