Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Martin Luther King jr.

Martin Luther King



Martin Luther King was born January 15, 1929. He went to Young Street Elementary. When he grew up four kids and his wife. Their names were Yolanda, Bernice, Martin, and Dexter. And his wife's name was Correta. Martin Luther is job was being a preach. When it was August 28, 1963. Martin Luther king preformed his I Have A Dream.... Speech. He performed it so others can stop treating other people bad and because of that he stopped segregation . He earned the Nobel Peace Prize. When it was April 4, 1968 he was assassinated. He was shot on the neck and the bullet when down the spinal cord. He was rushed to Joseph's hospital. After a couple of hours later he was pronounced dead. When he died he earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He stopped segregation because his speech.