Martin Luther King

             "Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see," said Martin Luther King, Jr. If you truly consider this quote, you will realize how wise this statement really is. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man that united people of diverse cultures and generations. King lived a childhood that taught him to be proud of himself. He grew up to be one of the most influential men ever, and for that, he will always be remembered.
             King, born on January 15th, 1929 in Alabama, was the son of a Baptist minister and was raised with the idea that all people on this earth, no matter what the skin color, should be raised equally. His father, know to some as Daddy King, was an intellectual, serious man who believe that people of all races should be treated equally. King grew up in a simple, ramble home with Daddy King, his mother, his brother, his sister, along with his grandmother, and grandfather. His grandfather was also a Baptist minister. As a child, King was very intelligent. He was able to graduate from his segregated high school at the age of fifteen and in 1944, entered Morehouse College, a distinguished institution designed for Negroes where both his father and grandfather had attended. By 1948, at the young age of 19, he had received a bachelor's degree in sociology. In 1951, he received a degree form Crozer Theological Seminary. Two years later he married Coretta Scott, a music student at the college, with whom he has four children; Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter, and Bernice. In 1954, he earned his position as the minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama and by 1955; he had also received a PhD in systematic theology from the Boston University. Perhaps it was this great foundation that made King the great leader that he was later in his life. .
             King did not stop after becoming a minister; from a young age he had detested segregation and was on a mission to end it.