Wednesday, October 15, 2008

3rd annotation

I found this article on google.com and I search Martin Luther King Jr. bios. this is a primary choice I chose to do on MLKJ. King grew up singing in his church choir. In 1935, his father changed both of their names to Martin to honor the German Protestant. Young Martin attended segregated public schools and graduated from high school at age 15.n 1948, he received his B.A. degree from Morehouse College in Georgia.n 1955, he received a Ph.D. from Boston University, where he also met his future wife, Coretta Scott , with whom he had four children.Between 1957 and 1968, King canvassed the country and appeared more than 2500 times to speak in protest against injustices toward his race. Dr.King did his best to make peace between the two races. He wanted all the segregated schools to come together. He protested for blacks to have the same rigths as the whites, such as voting.In the spring of 1968, King went to Memphis, Tennessee, to show support for black city workers striking for higher wages and better treatment. He was shot and killed on April 4, 1968 as he stood on the balcony of his motel there. Dr.King was only of age 39 when he was assassinated. All he wanted was a change. This I chose him because its is base on what is going on today, we need a change. Micheal(Martin) Luther King Jr. fighting for his rights actually killed him, but he did it.

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