Martin Luther King Jr
Social activist
Date of Birth/ Date of death
Dob: 1/4/1929
Dod: 4/4/1968
Born in: Georgia, Atlanta
Challenges in life
-Racism
-He was arrested 20 times
-Got threating phone calls
-His house was bombed and set on fire
Accomplishments
He had a huge role in the advancement of civil rights in a nonviolent way
facts
-When Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, at the time he was the youngest Peace Prize winner ever, at the age of 35
-original name was Michael
-at age 12 he tried to commit suicide because of the passing of her grandmother
-he skipped ninth and eight grade
-over 700 streets named martin Luther king