Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and was originally named Michael King Jr. but his father changed his name to Martin Luther King Jr. after the Christian reformer Martin Luther. King faced racial discrimination and segregation as an African American in the southern United States. He earned advanced degrees and became a Baptist minister. King emerged as a civil rights leader in the 1950s and 1960s, advocating for racial equality and desegregation through nonviolent civil disobedience. He led many protests and marches, gave influential speeches, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. King was assassinated in 1968 but his legacy continues to inspire through the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day national holiday.

1. M A R T I N L U T H E R K I N G J R .
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2. O U T L I N E S
• Earlier life
• High School
• Discrimination & Segregation
• College & Getting His PhD
• Fighting For Equality
• Wining The Nobel Peace Prize
• His Death & Legacy
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3. E A R L I E R L I F E
• King was born Michael King Jr.
on January 15, 1929,in Atlanta
Georgia .
• At birth he was given the name
Michael King Jr. he was
named after his father.
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4. When did his name
changed
?

5. • Michael King’s dad was a
Christian minister, and his
faith was very important to
him .
• One of the heroes of the
Christian faith a man
named Martin Luther was
the inspiration behind the
name change

6. Martin Luther King’s
Family
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Martin Luther King’s
House

8. • As a teenager, Martin attended
Booker T. Washington High
School.
• He was so gifted that in his
junior year he won a speech
contest in Dublin, Georgia.
• On his way back to Atlanta, he
was forced to stand up during
the bus ride just because he
was an African-American.
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9. D I S C R I M I N AT I O N &
S E G R E G AT I O N
• African Americans suffered discrimination,
they were treated poorly simply because
of the color of their skin.
• Part of the discrimination against African
Americans was something called
"segregation"
• Montgomery Bus Boycott over lasted 380
days.
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10. S E G R E G AT I O N
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• Segregation means separated by
race.

11. C O L L E G E &
G E T T I N G H I S P H D
Martin Luther King Jr. continued his
education, getting degrees at
Morehouse College, Crozer
Theological Seminary and finally
getting his doctorate at Boston
University. He studied to be a
minister.
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12. F I G H T I N G F O R
E Q U A L I T Y
• Martin Luther King was
inspired by the example of
Ghandi .
• Ghandi was a civil rights
leader who liven in India .
• Ghandi used peacefully protest
to fight against discrimination.
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13. • Martin Luther King led nonviolent marches and protests
• He made speeches showed that change can happen without violence
and there are peaceful way to show discrimination is wrong .
• Dr. King was arrested 29 times while fighting for equality.
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14. • Dr. King gave many speeches
but in 1963 he gave his most
famous speech
• On August 28th, 1963 during
the March on Washington in
front of 250,000 people!
• The speech was later called
“I HAVE A DREAM ”
• The speech shares the dream
and vision that Dr. King had for
an America where all people
are treated with equality and
respect.
• Marin Luther King’s “I have a
dream” speech
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16. • In 1964 the civil rights act was
signed and it made
discrimination and segregation
illegal in the eyes of low .
• The civil rights movement that
king led did what so many
people thought it never could
do.
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17. W I N I N G T H E N O B E L
P E A C E P R I Z E
• In 1964 just months after the
Civil Rights Act passed Dr.
King received the Nobel Peace
Prize, becoming the youngest
winner ever (he was only 35
years old).
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18. H I S D E AT H & L E G A C Y
• Marin Luther King Jr. was
assassinated On April 4th, 1968 while
staying in the Lorraine Motel in
LORRAINE MOTEL Memphis, TN .
• Dr. King's life and mission has
inspired countless millions of people.
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19. • The Lorraine Motel was later transformed into the National Civil Rights Museum

20. • Dr. King's legacy of racial equality and justice continues to this day .
• Since 1986, every third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Jr.
Day .

21. • In 2011, a memorial
was finished in
Washington D.C.
honoring Dr. King
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