1. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Imer Nunez 3 rd Grade Havard Elementary Social Studies

2. Martin Luther King as a Boy Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy, he asked his mom why some people said mean things. When Martin Luther King Jr. turned older he became a minister. Picture of his childhood home.

3. Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. told people not to fight with guns. Martin Luther King Jr. told African-Americans to boycott the buses because when white people came Africans- Americans needed to give them their seats.

4. Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. famous speech was made in front of the Lincoln Memorial. His famous speech was I have a dream that one day black girls and black boys could be friends with white girls and white boys.

5. Facts About Martin Luther King Martin Luther King, Jr. won the Nobel Prize because of his work.

6. Facts About Martin Luther King In 1968, he traveled to Tennessee. He was standing on the balcony of his motel when a gunshot rang out. A man had been waiting to kill him.

7. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Today Martin Luther King’s birthday is celebrated on the third Monday in January.

9. Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr. Book: The Life Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.thekingcenter.org/holiday/index.asp King, Martin Luther, Jr. (2009). America the Beautiful. Retrieved January 26, 2009, from Grolier Online http://atb.grolier.com/cgi- bin/article?templatename=profile.html& assetid=atb011b06&assettype=b Lewis, D. L. (2009). King, Martin Luther, Jr. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 26, 2009, from Grolier Online http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0160490-0 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0160490-0 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 100% Educational Videos (1998). Retrieved January 26, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Martin_Luther_King_Assas sination http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm