Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He faced racism at an early age. When he started school Martin attended a “colored school”. From then on, he was not allowed to play with his best friends who were white. His mother hugged him and said, “You are as good as anyone”. He decided from then on he wanted things to be different. Martin never stopped thinking about …showed first 75 words of 767 total…

…showed last 75 words of 767 total…King, Jr. dreamed of love, peace, and justice. He dreamed that we could all work together no matter what color our skin is. “I have a dream one day that little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls and walk together as brothers and sisters”...“Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that”...“I have a dream...” Martin Luther King 1929-1968