Original Hamilton Branch 3 student work from The Paper, February 1978. Historical wording and the printed student credit are preserved.
Martin Luther King was a Baptist minister who was a leader of the Negro Civil Rights Movement in the United States of America. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta and received his Divinity Degree from Crozer Theological Seminary. He also attended Boston University and the Chicago Theological Seminary.
Dr. King became nationally famous in 1955 and 1956 when he lead a boycott of public buses in Montgomery, Alabama to protest racial segregation. The boycott was successful. In 1965 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation on transportation within the state was unlawful.
Dr. King then organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and began to paly a major role in the struggle for Negro equality. He organized boycotts, led demonstrations for school integration and for better employment for all people.
Dr. King then traveled in all parts of America and abroad. In 1964 he became the youngest man to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, he was assassinated. He was shot in the neck by James Earl Ray.
Till this day we celebrate his birthday, January 15. He was a very faithful man.
Originally published in The Paper, February 1978.
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Archival transcription note: The printed 1965 Supreme Court year is retained as a source error for editorial review; no silent historical correction. The printed “lead” and “paly” are retained.
Original source: SD_Times1978_02.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 6.
