Muther Luther King

            
             Worldwide racism has been an issue, and still is. Many people have tried to solve this problem in many ways. One way that was common is influencing people through speech. A number of the speakers have been successful and others unsuccessful. Martin Luther King, Jr. was definitely one of the many that were successful. The life of Martin started in 1929. He was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Michael Luther King his original name but s was changed to Martin. He was the first son and the second child. Christine was Martin's older sister and he also had a younger brother named Alfred Daniel. The two proud parents were Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King.
             At five years of age Martin began his life as a student, Martin excelled throughout his entire academic career. Having scored very highly on his entry college exams, he skipped the ninth and twelfth grades. King never formally graduated before he started college at age of fifteen. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1948. Martin then enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary, and then went to Boston where he earned a doctoral degree in systematic theology in 1955. Martin was now known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
             Dr. King was a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement. On December 5, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to obey the city of Montgomery rules mandating segregation on buses. Martin was elected president of the newly-formed Montgomery Improvement Association by the Black residents who had launched a bus boycott. Martin had gained national prominence due to his exceptional public speaking skills, personal courage, and will. Montgomery busses were desegregated, after the United states Supreme Court declared Alabama's segregation laws unconstitutional. He was arrested thirty times for participating in activities of the civil rights activists. .
             On August 28, 1963, under a nearly cloudless sky, more than 250, 000 people, a fifth of them white, gathered near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to rally for "jobs and freedom.