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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader who was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia under the name Michael King Jr. but later had his name changed to Martin Luther King Jr. He became a minister and then a civil rights activist, leading the March on Washington in 1963 where he delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. Rosa Parks, an African American woman, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in 1955, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by King and demonstrated the injustice of racial segregation laws. King was a highly effective orator who advocated for nonviolent protest and was arrested over 30 times for his activism, going on to win the Nobel Peace

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader who was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia under the name Michael King Jr. but later had his name changed to Martin Luther King Jr. He became a minister and then a civil rights activist, leading the March on Washington in 1963 where he delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. Rosa Parks, an African American woman, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in 1955, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by King and demonstrated the injustice of racial segregation laws. King was a highly effective orator who advocated for nonviolent protest and was arrested over 30 times for his activism, going on to win the Nobel Peace

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader who was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia under the name Michael King Jr. but later had his name changed to Martin Luther King Jr. He became a minister and then a civil rights activist, leading the March on Washington in 1963 where he delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. Rosa Parks, an African American woman, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in 1955, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by King and demonstrated the injustice of racial segregation laws. King was a highly effective orator who advocated for nonviolent protest and was arrested over 30 times for his activism, going on to win the Nobel Peace

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    March for jobs and freedom

    Fast Facts
    King was arrested 30
    times
    He was the second
    American who has a
    National holiday on
    his birthday
    He was the main
    leader of the civil
    rights movement
    He won the Noble
    prize
    He was originally
    named Michael
    King Jr.
    He was amazing at
    speaking in front of
    big crowds when it
    was for justice

    Rosa Parks
    Rosa parks was a African
    American 15 year old lady
    that refused to give her seat up
    to a white man. This occurred
    on March 2, 1955, it may not
    sound like much but it was
    against the law back then since
    blacks werent treated equally
    back then. Her

    Martin Luther King Jr.


    On January 15th 1929 Michael
    king Jr. was born in Atlanta
    Georgia, although his name was
    soon changed to Martin Luther
    King Jr. Later on in his life he
    became a minister but soon after
    that became a civil rights
    activists

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