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One cool January night in Georgia in 1929, a little baby was born.   His 

parents, Martin and Alberta, were so proud of their little bundle of joy, 

never imagining that this little boy would grow up to be Martin Luther 

King Jr., leader of the civil rights movement.

Martin had a happy childhood growing up with his two siblings.   He 

was a bright student in school and also enjoyed going to church 

where his father was the pastor.

After Martin graduated high school, he went to Morehouse College in 

Atlanta, Georgia.   Only boys go to Morehouse College and all of them 

are African-American like Martin.  

Martin wanted to become a pastor like his father so he went to a 

seminary in Pennsylvania after graduating from college.   A seminary is a 

school where people go to learn to be a pastor.

After becoming a pastor, Martin married a woman named Coretta 

Scott.   Together they had four children, two boys and two girls.  

Then, Martin moved his family to Montgomery, Alabama.

In the Southern United States during Martin's time, African-Americans 

were not treated equally by Whites.   For one thing, African-Americans 

had to sit in the back of buses.   Martin did not think this was fair and 

decided to do something about it.

Martin decided to lead the African-Americans in a boycott of buses.   A 

boycott is when people stop doing something to make a point.   African-

Americans stopped riding buses to show the bus companies that they 

needed the money from the African-Americans' tickets.   Important people 

paid attention to the boycott and a new law was passed that said that 

African-Americans could sit wherever they wanted on buses.

After the success of the boycott, Martin became a hero to the African-

American community.   He started to travel all over the United States 

helping African-Americans live better lives by advocating for equal rights.

In 1963, in front of the White House where the president lives, Martin gave a famous 

speech called "I Have A Dream".   Martin spoke about dreaming that one day his 

children would have the same opportunities as White children. The next year, he won 

the Nobel Peace Prize, a prize that is given each year to one person in the world that 

has worked hard for peace. 

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