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A Short Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Author Name:

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Born As:

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Other Names:

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Born:

15 Jan 1929

Died:

4 Apr 1968




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Clergyman and civil rights leader                          
Selected Works:

Stride Toward Freedom; the Montgomery Story - 1958
The Measure of a Man - 1959
Strength to Love - 1963
Why We Can't Wait - 1964
Where do we go from here: Chaos or community? - 1967
The Trumpet of Conscience - 1968
A Testament of Hope : The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1986
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1998, editor Clayborne Carson.                                              
Mother Alberta Christine Williams
Father Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. three children, daugher Willie Christine King, Martin Luther King Jr., and Albert Daniel Williams King.
Wife Coretta Scott King married 1953-1968, four children

Children	: Yolanda Denise-King - deceased
Martin Luther King III
Dexter Scott King
Bernice Albertine King                                              
Nobel Peace Prize - 1964 - the youngest recipient.
Presidential Medal of Freedom - 1977, posthumous
Congressional Gold Medal - 2004, posthumous.                                              
King's most influential and well-known public address is the 
"I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1963.

Assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Father was named Michael and changed his name to  Martin Luther King, Sr.
More than 730 cities in the United States have streets named after King.