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How Did Martin Luther King Jr Dream

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Martin Luther King Jr. Have you ever had a dream? Well Martin Luther King Jr did. He had a dream that all men would be treated equal. He was one of the main activists that ended segregation and truly changed the world. Martin Luther King Jr was born as Michael King jr on january 25th, 1929 in Atlanta georgia. He was baptized in May 1936, he was inspired to do this because he was at a parade against his parents wishes when his grandmother died. He attended Booker T. Washington high school where he was a precocious student. He skipped the ninth and the eleventh grades and started at Morehouse college at the young age of 15. Martin Luther King Jr was a very inspirational activist in the segregation wars. He participated in many marches, boycotts, and public speeches and this has made him someone who’s truly changed the world. First of all, Martin Luther King Jr was determined throughout his life. He always had good …show more content…

If King wasn’t as young as he was, he wouldn't have been able to “bounce back” from the abuse as easy. He was submitted to physical and verbal abuse heavily during his lifetime. He constantly had death threats and his age was a contributing factor to his ability to brush them off and still fight for the end of segregation. Another reason is that MLK could better relate with the people. Most of the protesters were around his age and understood his message with a deeper meaning. King always went about his acts of protest peacefully. Martin luther King Jr was not like the other activists. Instead of taking the easy route and fighting back. he did all of his business peacefully, and encouraged others too as well. This is what made his efforts so successful. He was respected more as a leader and showed more self preservation by holding back the anger of being treated unequally. Not just anyone can sit and get beat and verbally abused, then remain positive and conduct extremely stressful business in a civilized

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