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Happy Mlk day!
Jan. 20th, 2020 02:52 pmWoot! It's Martin Luther King Day, here in the states! Thus I will leave some fun facts right here...
Martin Luther King Jr was born Micheal King Jr in 1929, on the day of Jan 15 (this was pretty easy for me to remember as it is also my mother's bday, heehee).
His father was a Baptist pastor and when MLK Jr. was five, on a trip to Germany learned of the reformist, Martin Luther and decided it was a name to aspire to. I think it's safe to say Martin took his cue from the his father and the german reformation leader. :)
King Jr was a smarty pants and entered college at the age of 15, though, he had to be convinced to follow in the family's footsteps.
Six years before his iconic "I had a dream" speech he found an "in" in civil rights leadership sharing his equal voting rights he also apparently foretold his death in the speech before he died...
The life a leader is a hard won unity as he was imprisoned a good 29 times and had a fatal stabbing scene a decade before he was assassinated.
Enjoy the 3 day weekend and take time to remember all those that fought for your rights!
Martin Luther King Jr was born Micheal King Jr in 1929, on the day of Jan 15 (this was pretty easy for me to remember as it is also my mother's bday, heehee).
His father was a Baptist pastor and when MLK Jr. was five, on a trip to Germany learned of the reformist, Martin Luther and decided it was a name to aspire to. I think it's safe to say Martin took his cue from the his father and the german reformation leader. :)
King Jr was a smarty pants and entered college at the age of 15, though, he had to be convinced to follow in the family's footsteps.
Six years before his iconic "I had a dream" speech he found an "in" in civil rights leadership sharing his equal voting rights he also apparently foretold his death in the speech before he died...
The life a leader is a hard won unity as he was imprisoned a good 29 times and had a fatal stabbing scene a decade before he was assassinated.
Enjoy the 3 day weekend and take time to remember all those that fought for your rights!
