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Martin Luther King, Jr.


For a developed mind could never be taken away even when all material possessions are lost.
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             Although love and a relative financial ease allowed Martin Jr. a certain shelter and comfort, his family could not fully protect him from the cruelty of racism. Martin recalled various incidents during his childhood where he was exposed to the ugliness of racism. .
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             Martin received an admission notice to Morehouse College in Atlanta upon finishing eleventh grade. It encouraged open discussions about segregation and debates on racial issues. At prestigious, all-male Morehouse, nicknamed the "Negro Harvard," students stayed up late discussing the pressing issues of the day. Dr. Benjamin Mays, president of Morehouse, played a mentor's role in King's life. He often visited King's home and held informal conversation with King about political issues, faith, and spirituality. Although Martin was an avid learner he was sometimes distracted. At first, King had no desire to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by joining the ministry. He believed that becoming a lawyer or a doctor would better serve his people. He enjoyed the intellectual nature of the law and did not know if he could find that in the ministry. His teacher Benjamin Mays proved him wrong by constantly providing intellectually stimulating sermons for King. Soon thereafter, he decided to join the ministry.
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             He entered into Crozer Theological Seminary, in Chester, Pennsylvania, and earned a Bachelors in Divinity. Despite his father's comments that this was all he needed to come back to preach in Atlanta, He went on to Boston University of Theology to earn his Ph.D.
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             While in Boston, a friend from the South, Mary Powell, introduced him to Coretta Scott. Coretta, who was born in Marion, Alabama, had also ventured far from home. She earned a teaching degree in elementary-level music education and decided to continue her education at the New England Conservatory of Music.


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