Martin Luther King Jr.
Birth: “I Have a Dream” is a speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington. He was born on 15th January 1929 and died on 4th April 1968. His name was firstly Michael Luther King, Jr. His father changes his own and his sons names to Martin after a visit to Germany, in the honour of Martin Luther. He was an USA Baptist minister. He changed the inequitable racial policy of America.
Parents & Spouse: Martin Luther King Sr. was father of Martin Luther King Jr. He was an African-American Baptist pastor. He was a true missionary. He has taken part in the Civil Rights Movement and become its leader. He was a strong figure against racial equality. His mother was Alberta Christine Williams King. She has taken part in the dealings of Ebenezer Baptist Church. She was an organist for the Women’s Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention. She was active member of the ‘National Association for the Advancement of colored People’ and ‘Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’. At Boston University he met with Coretta Scoot. He married with her on 18th Jue 1953. She was a singer and Civil Rights Activist. She has completed her studies at ‘New England Conservatory of Music in Boston’.
Education & Jobs: Martin Luther King, Jr. became Baptist at the age of 19ye ars. He had earned two graduate degrees. Firstly, he had completed his B.A. in Sociology from Morehouse College in 1948. Also, in 1951 he had completed his second Bachelors degree in Divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvannia. In 1955 he was awarded Doctorate of Philosophy by Boston University in “Systematic Theology from Boston”. He was awarded Noble Prize in 1964 and Grammy Award in 1970.
