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Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Genre: Nonfiction Number of pages: 16 Ranking: 8

Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. He was a great man of his word just like his father. He was named like his father too but his dad was named Martin Luther King Jr. and he was named Martin Luther King Sr. Martin did lots of things while he was growing up. Martin went to Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and College after that he finally went to Divinity School in Pennsylvania. Martin became a pastor like his dad. At church they would call him Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. Martin was a good man he visited sick people and wounded people in the hospital. He knew right from wrong and taught kids black and white to get along and love each other. In 1963 Martin gave his famous speech to a quarter million people both black and white and other races. Martin Said “I have a dream that everyone would learn to live and love each other without fighting or killing each other.” In 1968 Martin Luther King Sr. was killed because he loved poor people so much that they gave Martin a special funeral in Atlanta and on his gravestone and it said, “Free at last, Free at last. Thank God Almighty I’m free at last.”

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