Martin Luther King Day is always on the third Monday in January. So who was Martin Luther King? He was actually Martin Luther King Jr. and was born in Atlanta Georgia on January 15, 1929. His father was a minister of a Baptist church, and his parents taught him to treat all people with respect. Before he started school, his best friend was a white boy, but their friendship ended when they started school and had to go to separate schools. They were not allowed to play together after that. Martin Luther King Jr. completed high school, then decided to go to college to become a minister, and he 
met his wife there. He got his PhD too and became a Baptist minister. He became involve in civil rights when Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus to a white bus rider. Dr. King and the Souther Christian Leadership Conference ran drives for African-American voter registration, desegregation in the South. He was asked to give speeches, then he and the Freedom Fighters went to Birmingham to fight the segregation laws. The police came in with their dogs, tear gas and water hoses, and for the first time TV cameras recorded their abuse and meanness. On April 4 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. left his motel room was shot and killed.
He fought for equality and respectful treatment of all people, and he made a difference. How are we making a difference?
