Alejandro Balbaneda

Ms. Lightner
January 29, 2015
7th ELA- 2nd period
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr was a great leader to others. Martin gave great
speeches to others he inspired other people to be like him. His adult life and
his early life were interesting. Martin showed the people of America that he
could be a great leader and end racism. His personality showed his
leadership when he gave a speech about I Have A Dream .
When Martin Luther King Jr grew up in Atlanta , Georgia he went to a
public school at age around 5. Martin Luther King Jr was 12 years old when
his grandmother died cause she had a heart attack. He was born in January
15 , 1929. During his early years he went to a Baptist church. He also
skipped ninth and eleventh grade and he entered a Morehouse collage at
age 15 years old . King attended Booker T. Washington High School, but he
said he will be a archiving student. He was a popular student, especially with
his female classmates, their was a student that was every rude to him, who
floated though his first two years.
Martin Luther King Jr married Coretta Scott King in 1953. He had 4 kids
total , 2 sons and 2 daughters. Martin Luther King Jr and his wife shared the
same commitment to ending the racist system they both grew up under.
Martin Luther King Jr went to jail because he was fighting for he wanted and
the other people to be treated equally. Martin Luther King, Jr was a Baptist
minister and was a social activist. Martin Luther King Jr met Coretta Scott as
a great singer and musician over at New England Conservatory school in
Boston.
Martin Luther King Jr was the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace
Prize. He was the civil right leader. He spoke to people in Washington .D.C
he talked about everyone to have equal rights He wanted everybody to have
freedom. He died in April 4 , 1968 but he wanted everyone to be treated the
same with equal freedom. "I have a dream that my four 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 Luther Jr is one of the best leader of my opinion. He

shows great character in his speeches. Martin Luther King Jr went through a
lot of things during his early life and his leadership and also his adult like he
gave amazing speeches. He showed great character during his adult life . He
went through a sad part of his early life like his grandmother died of a heart
attack.
Bibliography
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Martin Luther King JR History.com web . 30 January 2015 .

http://www.history.com/.

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