Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta Georgia on January 15, 1929. His mothers name was Alberta king, her father, Rev. Adam Daniel Williams was the head pastor of the church. She had been a teacher before her children were born. M.L. had an older sister, Christine, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel. From the time he was a little boy, M.L. loved words. He was so smart that his mother took him to …showed first 75 words of 294 total…

…showed last 75 words of 294 total…better life for all Americans. Thousands of people knew he was right. Thousands followed him. And slowly America began to change. Martin Luther King lost his life in the fight to change America. But his words and ideas live on. James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee killed King. Martin Luther King got the Nobel Prize for Peace. Because of Martin Luther King’s fight for Civil and Equal Rights, a holiday was named after him.