Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader in the United States known for his advocacy of nonviolent protest. He was born in 1929 in Atlanta and received degrees from Morehouse College and Crozer Theological Seminary. King co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work to end racial segregation through civil disobedience. He was assassinated in 1968 and is remembered for his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating for racial equality and justice.

1. MARTIN LUTHER KING Martin Luther King

2. Background Martin was born on January the 15 th 1929 Growing up in Atlanta, he attended Booker T. Washington Highschool He was very smart and skipped the 9 th and the 12 th grade and went to college at age fifteen He had a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and a Bachelor of Divinity degree by the age of 22 He got married in 1953 and he had four children

3. Famous For He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Gandhi. King has become a national icon in the history of modern American freedom First president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an African-American civil rights organization

4. Awards In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means He was posthumously awarded (awarded after his death) the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004

5. Quotes “ I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream, 1963. “ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream, 1963.

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