Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would marry his wife Coretta Scott and together would have four children. He was awarded many honorary degrees and even the honors of being Time magazines Man of the Year. He would even be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would earn a sociology degree and would enter into theology school and earn a bachelor of Divinity degree and eventually earn a doctorates in Systematic Theology

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist for the Civil Rights movement.Civil Rights is defined as rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took a peaceful approach to the civil rights movement and this is what would eventually lead to his Nobel Peace Prize. Gandhi was influential in his peaceful tactics.