Martin Luther King Jr Research Paper

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“I have a dream,” this was the speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. The crowd was estimated at about 250,000 people. You may think you know everything Martin Luther King Jr. did and went through, but do you really know him? Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. In 1934, Michael’s father, a pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church traveled to Germany and became influenced by the Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther. Then decided to change the name of his 5-year-old son to Martin Luther King Jr. as a result. Martin was very talented. He was so talented that he skipped grades nine and twelve. Then in 1944, at age 15 he enrolled at Morehouse College. King was ordained