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Outline
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Martin Luther King Jr.
  • A Fifth and Sixth Grader’s Perspective
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Major Events
  • Birthdate: January 15, 1929
  • Marriage to Coretta Scott: June 18, 1953
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott: 1955-1956
  • Birmingham Protests and the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,”: April 1963
  • “ I Have a Dream” Speech and the March on Washington: August 1963
  • Nobel Prize: December 1968
  • Assassination: April 4, 1968
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Birth and Family
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MLK’s Wife and Children
    •    Martin Luther King with his wife, Coretta Scott, his four children named Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, Bernice Albertine, and his fellow friend named Malcom X are to the left.


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Speeches
  •        I Have A Dream


  •         Martin Luther King gave his famous I have a dream speech in 1963. These are the most important words.  “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.”
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Interesting Facts
  • At first, MLK’s name was Michael Luther King Jr., but his parent later changed it to Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Martin Luther King was an amazing dancer.
  • MLK’s nickname actually was M.L.
  • MLK went to college at the young age of fifteen.
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MLK Photo Gallery
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        Bibliography/Credits
  • www.who2.com/jeeves/martinlutherkingjr.htm
  • www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html
  • www.arlington.mccsc.edu/interesting
  • www.mecca.org/~crights/dream
  •                       Creaters
  • Var Brynildssen
  • Carl Potter
  • Collin Flick
  • Dylan Robertson