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martin Luther King JR. was born January 15, 1929. he was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His grandfather was the first of his families long line of pastors. Martin became co pastor of the family church in 1960 he served there until his death. IN MARTINS YOUTH HE ATENDED SEGRAGATED PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HE WAS FIFTEEN WHEN HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. HE THEN WENT TO COLLEGE AND GOT A BATCHLORS DEGREE. IN 1953 HE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH A DOCTORATE, HE WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF A MOSTLY WHITE CLASS. IN BOSTIN HE MARRIED CORETTA SCOTT AFTER MEETING HER THERE. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEAR THEY HAS TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. BY 1954 KING WAS THE PART OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE. In December, 1955 he accepted the leader ship of the first major African American nonviolent demonstration of modern times.

King lead the bus boycott to protest segregation on the city busses. For 382 days almost no negroes rode the bus. This heavy damaged the buss system because the majority of riders were black. On December 21, 1956 the supreme court dreamed it unconstitutional to have laws requiring the segregation of buses. These times were not all good for king though, during the boycott, king’s home was bombed, he was arrested, and he was personally assaulted. But by that time he was the leader of the whole civil rights movement.