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NAME: Martin Luther King Jr.
OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Minister
BIRTH DATE: January 15, 1929
DEATH DATE: April 04, 1968
EDUCATION: Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, Boston University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Atlanta, Georgia
PLACE OF DEATH: Memphis, Tennessee
FULL NAME: Martin Luther King Jr.
ORIGINALLY: Michael King Jr.
AKA: MLK Jr.
AKA: Martin Luther King
AKA: MLK
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
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He skipped both the ninth and eleventh grades, and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta at age 15, in 1944. He was a popular student, especially with his female classmates, but an unmotivated student who floated though his first two years. Although his family was deeply involved in the church and worship, young Martin questioned religion in general and felt uncomfortable with overly emotional displays of religious worship. This discomfort continued through much of his adolescence,

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Synopsis
Early Years
Education and Spiritual Growth
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
'I Have a Dream'
Assassination and Legacy initially leading him to decide against entering the ministry, much to his father's dismay. But in his junior year, Martin took a Bible class, renewed his faith and began to envision a career in the ministry. In the fall of his senior year, he told his father of his decision.

Education and Spiritual Growth

In 1948, Martin Luther King Jr. earned a sociology degree from