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Martin Luther King Jr.: An American Leader

Martin Luther King Jr. _________ a great American leader. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a _____________ and his mother was a teacher. He _________ to play baseball and sing in his father’s church. He was an excellent student. He _____________ from college in 1948. On June 18, 1953, he ____________ Coretta Scott. In 1954, he started work as a minister.

Dr. King lived at a time when black white Americans did not have _________ rights everywhere. Dr. King _________ all people to be treated the same. Dr. King organized peaceful ___________ against unequal ______________. He did not fight. He wanted to change the laws peacefully. He was successful. He helped bring equality and understanding to all Americans. In 1964, he ____________ the Nobel Peace Prize.

On April 4, 1968, someone __________ Dr. King with a gunshot. In November 1983, the United States Congress created Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This national holiday honors Dr. King and his work. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the third Monday in January.

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