Martin Luther King Jr Research Paper

On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King gave birth to a son named Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. joined a sister Christina and a couple years later they welcomed a little brother named Alfred Daniel. All of the kids had an easy childhood until they became old enough to work. King loved to read growing up, so his dad had him get a paper route job so he could by his own books. Little did they know that was going to be the start to his busy life? When he grew up, he had a loving family, helped with the Civil Rights Movement, Human Rights, Montgomery bus boycott and was a part of Sit-in’s. Being one of greatest American Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life to help African-Americans have a good life.

King grew up, his mom would tell him about discrimination and segregation, but his father told him he is just as good as anyone else. In high school, Martin figured out what his mother meant about discrimination and segregation when he went down town. Even though he dealt with struggles, he was an exceptional student. He attended Yonge Street Elementary School and Booker T. Washington High in Atlanta and skipped two years of high school. Kind then enrolled at Morehouse College at fifteen years of age. At Morehouse College, he received a B.A. in sociology which is also in Atlanta, Georigia. Then went to Chester, Pennsylvania and attended a Crozer Theological Seminary. He later received a doctorate degree at Boston University.
King had maternal and paternal grandparents who loved him very much. His maternal grandparents were Reverend Adam Daniel Williams and Jenny Parks Williams. James Albert and Delia King who were sharecroppers on a farm were his paternal