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Similarities Between Lin Luther King Jr And Martin Luther King

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Abraham Lincoln was poor and illiterate as a child but eventually became educated with hard work and dedication. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor just like the three generations before his in his family. Martin Luther King Jr and Abraham Lincoln were civil rights influencers and great leaders. They fought for what they knew was right and motivated other people. These two people had the same idea in making the world a better place. Martin Luther King Jr was a huge supporter and influencer in Civil rights. Martin Luther King didn’’t have an easy life to start, or ever. (3) He was born as Michael Luther King Jr and later changed it to Martin. Martin’s grandfather started the chain of being pastors. King was very smart and hard-working and he graduated at the age of fifteen and went on to Boston college.After his early life he married Coretta Scott and they had two sons and two daughters. Martin also become pastor at the church his father had been at. At this point King had been helping to break the bus segregation laws. Worst came to worst and King’s house was bombed but than he had risen to the unspoken leader of the civil rights movement. King’s works in his life made a huge impact on civil rights. In his lifetime Martin had given over 2,500 …show more content…

There early last for very different because Abraham Lincoln was poor and Martin Luther King Jr was not poor. Abraham Lincoln was an educated and illiterate for a long time in his early life.(1) Martin Luther King Jr. was educated and very smart at a young age. (5) They both did many things in their lifetime. Abraham Lincoln was based more on slavery because that was the problem in that time period. Martin Luther King Jr was more on segregation laws since that was the problem. Abraham Lincoln had a harder life than Martin at times. Both had many differences but were still fighting for the same thing.

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