A study of biographical writing

Monday, June 18, 2007

Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Wilfredo

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a black person who was fighting for freedom. He was born on January 15, 1929. He had the same name as his father except his father was Martin Luther King Sr. Martin Luther King Sr. was a minister. Martin Luther King Jr. thought his dad’s speeches were great. He wanted to be just like his father and became a minister too.

Martin Luther King Jr. as a minister, was trying to make a difference by helping black people get treated fairly and like white people. White people could do basically whatever they wanted to do. Black people, however, went to different schools and water fountains.

One day in 1962, Martin Luther King Jr.’s home was bombed by a group of white people. His home was broken and smashed, so he could not live in it. He had no home.

In the year of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot during a speech. It was his last speech ever in history.

Questions Wilfredo would ask Martin Luther King

Labels: king, peace-freedom-justice, wilfredo

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38 Comments:

 Anonymous commented at October 22, 2007 8:26 PM~  

I love this websight because it teaches all of us about people who had taught us so many things!!!!

 Anonymous commented at November 15, 2007 10:07 PM~  

this is a good website but who drew the picture at the top of the page? Just wondering.

 Anonymous commented at November 22, 2007 9:54 AM~  

Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Great Man!Thank God For Making HIM!

 Anonymous commented at November 28, 2007 11:10 PM~  

Sorry, but excuse me.

I believe he wasnt shot during his speech. Fyi

 Anonymous commented at December 19, 2007 2:00 PM~  

Martin Luther King was a good Man. I think he is a good role modeland man.

 Signe commented at December 29, 2007 8:08 PM~  

Aww! This is so cute! I love Martin King, I am Swedish, so we do not learn much about the African-American civil rights movement here, but I wanted to learn more about it and I started reading about it a lot on the internet. I am eighteen years old and I live in Stockholm. I guess I found this website some time when I was googling for pictures of Martin Luther King and then I remember I saw this really nice drawing here. I hope nobody gets offended if I use it in my blog, I kind of have a habit of using other people's pictures.

 Anonymous commented at January 5, 2008 3:27 PM~  

kid i like what you did i think that's great i'm part black and part white! so he is my hero too. i also like rosa parks too!!

 How Cute commented at January 17, 2008 3:48 AM~  

This is so wonderful. Dr. King would be happy to know you are learning about his life. Be good and well to yourself and others. :)

 akamunchjr commented at January 17, 2008 7:34 PM~  

I like this website because we learn about Martin luther king jr.
and how he gave black people freedom
and world peace us black people thank him because he is a good person.And him and his wife was very educated and so was his kids and that is not
right how how him and his family was treated and i will like to thank Martin Luther King if he was still alive and he is dead but many of people could still thank him for what he did.

 Anonymous commented at January 21, 2008 4:40 PM~  

Martin Luther King Jr.'s house was bombed, but not destroyed. He was shot after a speech, not during it.
And he practically single-handedly made our country what it is today.
You forgot that part.
:].

 Anonymous commented at January 22, 2008 2:42 PM~  

That is the cutest thing i hae ever seen!

 Anonymous commented at January 22, 2008 5:40 PM~  

This is a very well writed website! Who ever wrote this must have good knowledge that Marting Luther King Jr. was a good man. I'm writing an essay in computer class right now, so I checked this cool picture out and posted this comment. I'm glad Marting Luther King Jr. did something about joinning rights.

 Anonymous commented at January 24, 2008 3:38 PM~  

this is a very nice and informing website and you should keep it here

 shaz commented at January 28, 2008 10:35 AM~  

i think martin luther king, jr is a great man we r learning about him now and how he said his dream speech so for peeps that dont know him that well i have some stuff for you

date of birth: january 15, 1929
place of birth: Atlanta - georgia, usa
religion: baptist ministrer
date of death: april 4 1968 (aged 39)

from martin luther kings fan

x-x-x Shannon x-x-x
p.s i hope i helped xxx

 Anonymous commented at January 28, 2008 10:38 AM~  

i am a great fan it was a shame to lose him at the age of 39

:'(

 Anonymous commented at January 31, 2008 1:02 PM~  

JUS LYK 2 SAY NO HE WOZ NOT SHOT WHILST MAKING A SPEECH... HE WOZ PREPARING FOR 1 ON A MOTEL BALCONY... HE WAS SHOT ... HIS HOUSEMATES CAME RUNNING... HE LATER DIED IN HOSPITAL

 Anonymous commented at February 12, 2008 7:16 AM~  

he wasn't killed during a speech, he just stood on his balkony, and some one shot him.

 Anonymous commented at February 13, 2008 10:11 PM~  

I really love Martin Luther King Jr.The person who drew that and wrote about Martin Luther King Jr. took alot of creativity.God is god all the time all the time God is good.You should love God with all your heart.You never misuse his name.You should never swear upon God's name.You should never lie.I love to take this chance and thank Martin Luther King's family and God bless his family with even more blessing.God Bless you all.God loves you.

 Anonymous commented at February 25, 2008 8:16 PM~  

Nice Job. Love the picture. Great key information in a short summary, not like the website biography

 Anonymous commented at February 28, 2008 1:50 PM~  

i luv this pic ture and summary it most have took u a lot of effort i am black and i am happy for wat martian luther king jr, did cause if he didnt i would be a slave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Anonymous commented at March 4, 2008 6:51 PM~  

Martin Luther King was a great role model

 Anonymous commented at March 28, 2008 10:39 AM~  

I agree with whoever said that Martin Luther King Jr. didn't die during his "I have a Dream" speech.
There was somrthing about him not to long ago on channel 2.

 Anonymous commented at April 4, 2008 8:58 AM~  

I'm African and for a long time manyAfrican countries have struggles to get rid of the colonial seggregation rules. We learnt in school about Martin Luther king and other activists who have worked to establish equality of races and have always ben inspired by him. We should never forget that we are great and we have had great leaders. Long live Martin Luther King Jr's memory...Christine

 Anonymous commented at April 8, 2008 9:49 AM~  

Martin Luther King Jr.'s house was bombed, but not destroyed. He was shot after a speech, not during it.
And he practically single-handedly made our country what it is today.
You forgot that part and much more.

 Anonymous commented at April 10, 2008 9:01 AM~  

This is wonderful, great site. Just so you know, he was actually shot the day AFTER his last speech. He was standing in front of his hotel room, about to go to dinner, and a man with a rifle shot him from far away. Good work!

 Anonymous commented at April 14, 2008 12:27 PM~  

I THINK THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAS ONE OF THE GRATEST PEOPLE EVER BORN I WAS GOOGLING PICTURES OF HIM WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS SIGHT IM HALF CAST SO IF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR HAD NOT MADE THAT SPEECH AT THAT RALLY THERE IS A CHANCE I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BORN GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL MARTINN LUTHER KING JR
R.I.P

 pinkfluff commented at April 16, 2008 10:00 PM~  

that is an awsome pix. and website

 Anonymous commented at April 16, 2008 10:01 PM~  

i love him

 Robin commented at April 17, 2008 8:24 PM~  

Hey its great that you've been studing martin luther king jr.!!! if i were alive back then i would want to help out too!!! im a african american woman and i just love that you've been taking an intrest in african american history!!!! =) =) =) =0

 Anonymous commented at April 28, 2008 4:12 PM~  

this is cool for a child to think of that

 Anonymous commented at April 28, 2008 8:51 PM~  

this site is so awesome!!!! It's good to know that people out their care about MLK. He was and still is a great man!!!

 Anonymous commented at May 3, 2008 7:09 PM~  

I know most white people still want to hurt us not all though, mostly the K.K.K. but how could they possibly feel the same after so much one man has taught us.

 Anonymous commented at June 9, 2008 12:17 PM~  

Erm, yeah, what all the other ppl said.......lol

 Anonymous commented at June 10, 2008 10:12 AM~  

I love this websight because it talks about the great, cool, and amazing MLK jr. It showed how he made a big impact on segragation. He was a insperation.

 Anonymous commented at June 23, 2008 10:51 AM~  

It is a good source of info like, but loads of stuff was left out. It jumped from him becoming a minister straight to him being shot. There was loads of stuff that happened in between those things that weren't mentioned.
Anyway, I'm doing a project on him for history, so by the end of it all, I should know more about him than I do now, and this web page certinally helped, so cheers! =]
Peace maytee's.
Hold on, one more thing. How can people still treat black people the way they do if Martin practically devoted his life to helping free them? It makes me so angry sometimes, 'cos my best friend was bullied 'cos she comes from Zimbabwe (spelt right? =S)so it annoys me.
I wonder what the < a > thing does.. hold on.. hello? hehe ;)
Really peace out maytee's. X

 Anonymous commented at January 16, 2009 9:54 AM~  

Hello I am 14 years old and I think Dr. Martin Luther King was a great man Because he Helped black people to be treated fairly as White people and that if wasn't for Him and GOD ON HIS SIDE WE AFRICAN AMERICANS WOULD'NT HAVE FREEDOM TO THIS DAY AND I THANK GOD FOR MAKING DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING! AND ONE MORE THING FOR WHOEVA THAT WROTE THAT STORY ABOUT DR.MARTIN lUTHER KING JR. IM HEAR TO TELL YOU THAT HE WAS NOT KILLED DURING HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH HE WAS SHOT THE DAY AFTER HIS SPEECH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE LAST SPEECH IN HISTORY THANK YOU AND BUH BYE.

 Anonymous commented at January 20, 2009 11:23 AM~  

thank god 4 mlk! he rocks

 Anonymous commented at February 18, 2010 10:51 AM~  

This is a great webswite about Martin Luther King;
I am sorry to tell you that you are wrong an please don't try to change the story becuse he was not killed during his spech.

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