1. Martin Luther King, Jr. By: Kimberly Wright

2. Martin King Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 16, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He mainly was a hero to the African American community.

3. Martin’s Attributes Martin was a civil right activate and a minister. He was part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Birmingham Protest March, He went to Washington D.C for his famous “I have a dream” speech, the “Sit-in” movement, Freedom riders, and was involved with some issues on the Vietnam war.

4. Awards Martin won several awards for his achievements like when he attended college where he won the Plafker Award and the J. Lewis Crozer Fellowship Award. He also won: Spingarn Medal from NAACP, 1957. Russwurm Award from the National Newspaper Publishers, 1957. Second Annual Achievement -- The Guardian Association of the Police Department of New York, 1958. Link Magazine of New Delhi, India, listed Dr. King as one of the sixteen world leaders who had contributed most to the advancement of freedom during 1959. Named Man of the Year by Time, 1963. Named American of the Decade by Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Die Workers International Union, 1963. John Dewey Award, from the United Federation of Teachers, 1964. Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Marcus Garvey Prize for Human Rights, by the Jamaican Government. 1968. Rosa L. Parks Award by the SCLC.

5. Assassination. Martin Luther king was assassinated on an outside balcony at the Lorraine Hotel, he was hit by a rifle. At the Memphis hospital at 7:00 PM he was pronounced dead. 

6. Pictures of a hero