1. Martin Luther King Jr. Regan Lee 2 nd

2. Background knowledge Birthdate: January 15, 1929 Birthplace: Atlanta, GA Death date: April 4, 1968 Family makeup: Mom: Alberta Williams King Dad: Martin Luther King, Sr. sister: Christine King Farris (older) Brother: Alfred Daniel Williams King (younger) child 1: Martin Luther King III Child 2: Dexter Scott King Child 3: Yolanda King Child 4: Bernice Albertine King

3. Education Elementry: David T. Howard Elementary Middle school: Booker T. Washington High School College:Atlanta's Morehouse college

4. Dates Marrige: june 18, 1953 “I had a dream” speech: August 28, 1963 Death: April 4,1968

5. Wednesday Wars In the novel Wednesday War Martin Luther dies and Holling, Meryl Lee, Mr. Kowalski, Walter Cronkite,and Holling’s family were very upset.Holling’s sister seems to be more effected by his death. The novel states “And that was why one afternoon I was in Meryl Lee’s kitchen,working on making the California Gold Rush relevant to You, when Mr.Kowalski came home and told us what he had heard on the car radio: that Martin Luther King, Jr., who was in Memphis helping striking sanitation workers, had been shot and killed. He died, Mr Kowalski said, just after he asked a friend to play “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.’’That night, my sisterwould not come down to supper.

6. Quotes I have a dream: “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, exalted hill and mountain…”

7. 'What are you doing for others? Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter… ‘Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to god’

8. Video https://www.you tube.com/watch? v=xw0DpF3vpac

9. sites Google.com 1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr 2. www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-