He married the former, Coretta Scott, younger daughter of Obadiah and Bernice McMurray Scott of Marion, Alabama on June 18, 1953. The marriage took place at the Scott’s home in Alabama.

His grandfather was a Baptist preacher. His father was a pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. He earned his own bachelor degree of Divinity and in 1951 he earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University in 1955.

In 1959 King went on a trip to India and met with followers Gandhi. In these discussions he became to realize that nonviolent way of approaching things, such as a struggle for freedom, w

Dr. King’s 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail inspired national civil rights movement. The goal in Birmingham was to completely end the system of public life (stores, no separate bathrooms and drinking fountains, etc.) and also anything that had to do with getting jobs and living a normal life was one of the major goals of Martin Luther King Jr. Also in 1963 he led a massive march on Washington D.C. where he delivered his most famous “I Have a Dream” speech. He gave this speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. After this deep speech which was now engraved on the minds of the people in the nation, civil rights was definitely on the list of things to be changed in the world.

His lectures and remarks he made set off a spark of ideas in the minds of many people in the nation. The things he did for people other than himself made significant changes of American life. His courageous and selfless devotion along with his amazing leadership skills

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