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Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta Georgia, the oldest son of Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. His father was a Baptist minister, a pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta, which was founded by Kings maternal grandfather. King attended local segregated schools, where he excelled. At age fifteen he went on to Morehouse college and received a bachelor’s degree in sociology. At that point he went on to …

…grain. He was not willing to use his oppression as a reason for mediocrity and laziness. Instead, he planned to stand up for his beliefs and become a leader for the cause of Civil Rights. His moral values of integrity, love, truth, fairness, caring, non-violence, achievement, and peace were what motivated him. King was not great because he was well-known, he was great because he served as a cause of peace and justice for a