Martin Luther King Jr.

            
             dedicated his life to the struggle for racial equality in America.
             by the conviction that nonviolence and peaceful protest could abolish.
             social injustice, he fought hard to gain the freedoms every living person is.
             entitled to. His peaceful resistance and his ability to arouse Žlon in.
             whites as well as blacks made him one of the most outstanding black.
             leaders in the world. Martin Luther King was one of the greatest leaders in.
             this nations history.
             From the beginning, people knew King was special. King was so.
             gifted that he was accepted into Morehouse College at the age of 15,.
             without even finishing high school. There he underwent a special program.
             for gifted students, and graduated with a B.A. in sociology (1948). King,.
             now the age of a high school senior, attended Crozer Theological Seminary.
             in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was the valedictorian of his class and student.
             body president. King also won a graduate fellowship. Cozer is where King.
             was first introduced to Mahatma Gandhis philosophy of nonviolence and.
             civil disobedience. King was fascinated by this philosophy. Mahatma.
             Gandhis life and teachings ultimately influenced Kings destiny as a.
             leader of passive resistance. This philosophy played an important role.
             throughout his entire life. King graduated with the highest grade point.
             average in class and received a bachelor of divinity, B.D., in 1951. King,.
             furthering his knowledge, attended Boston University. There he received a.
             doctorate in theology in 1955. While at Boston University, King met.
             Coretta Scott who later became his wife in 1953. They had two sons,.
             Martin Luther III and Dexter Scott, and two daughters, Yolanda Denise and.
             Bernice Albertine.
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             In 1954, King accepted his first pastorate at the Dexter Avenue.
             Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He had been in Montgomery less.
             than a year, when Mrs. Rosa Parks challenged the city bus segregation.
             laws by not surrendering her seat to a white passenger. In response, black.