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CHAT post on MLK's Assassination 50th Anniversary (A year later)
Welcome to CHAT, Communications, Happenings and Trends. Today, on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death, we would like to take this time to celebrate his life. MLK was born Michael King Jr. on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia to Michael Senior and Alberta Williams King. In 1934, his father, who had taken the role as pastor at the Ebenezer’s Baptist Church in Atlanta from his grandfather, was inspired after a trip to Germany by the Protestant Reformation leader, Martin Luther, and had his and his young son’s name changed. Martin attended a segregated school, Booker T. Washington High School, where his skills as a great speaker became evident on his debate team. In his junior year, he won an oratorical contest sponsored by the Negro Elks Club in Dublin, Georgia. When he was returning home with his teacher from the contest, both were told by the bus driver to stand to make seats for the white passengers. A young headstrong Martin wanted to refuse but his teacher ...
