Facts about MLK by Chloe

INTERESTING

chloeelizabethe — 2014-04-16 14:26:23 UTC

facts about MLK

UNUSUAL (UNEXPECTED)

chloeelizabethe — 2014-04-16 14:26:58 UTC

facts about MLK

HEARTBREAKING

chloeelizabethe — 2014-04-16 14:27:38 UTC

facts about MLK

ODD (strange/weird)

chloeelizabethe — 2014-04-16 14:28:01 UTC

facts about MLK

Interesting

2014-04-16 15:18:35 UTC

Skipped two grades in highschool (9th and 11th) -> went to college at the age of 15

Heartbreaking

2014-04-16 15:19:12 UTC

He tried to commit suicide at the age of 12 after hearing of his grandmother's death

Unusual

2014-04-16 15:19:12 UTC

His birth name is Michael Luther King Jr.

HUMOROUS

chloeelizabethe — 2014-04-16 15:19:15 UTC

facts about MLK

intresting

2014-04-16 15:19:26 UTC

At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize

Heartbreaking

2014-04-16 15:19:47 UTC

His house was once bombed

Heartbreaking

2014-04-16 15:20:12 UTC

His mother was murdered

Humorous

2014-04-16 15:20:56 UTC

He spent his honeymoon in a funeral parlor because his friend owned it and offered to let him use it

6) King Jr. skipped two grades in high school, 9th and 11th, and entered college (Moorehouse College) at the tender age of 15 in 1944. By 19, he received a bachelor’s degree in sociology.

2014-04-16 15:21:16 UTC

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/martin-luther-king-jr-facts/

Odd

2014-04-16 15:21:27 UTC

He was stabbed by a mentally ill woman

Interesting

2014-04-16 15:21:30 UTC

He graduated high school when he was 15.

Humorus

2014-04-16 15:21:54 UTC

He was really into Star Trek

Odd

2014-04-16 15:21:59 UTC

His Dad was named Michael King

interesting

2014-04-16 15:22:25 UTC

He was arrested 30 time and was awarded at least 50 honorary degrees from colleges and universities.

Unexpercted

2014-04-16 15:22:52 UTC

He won a Grammy for a spoken word album called "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam"

ODD

2014-04-16 15:23:40 UTC

Though he died at 39, it was said that he had the heart of a 60 year old

He was obsessed with White Prostitutes

2014-04-16 15:24:46 UTC

One of King's closest friends, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, wrote a book in 1989 in which he talked about King's obsession with white prostitutes

Interesting

2014-04-16 15:26:05 UTC

He has over 900 streets named him in the world

Unexpected

2014-04-16 15:28:39 UTC

Martin Luther King Plagiarized his doctoral Thesis

Interesting

2014-04-16 15:29:05 UTC

MLK has a life sized statue in Westminster Abbey (he is one of 20 martyrs of the 20th century)

intresting

2014-04-16 15:29:09 UTC

He was so smart that he skipped two grades in high school and started his college education at Morehouse College at the young age of fifteen

Odd

2014-04-16 15:30:31 UTC

There are over 900 streets worldwide names after him

9) His honeymoon was spent at a funeral parlor… not because someone died, simply because a friend owned the parlor and offered to let him use it for his honeymoon.

2014-04-16 15:30:33 UTC

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/martin-luther-king-jr-facts/

Unusual

2014-04-16 15:30:48 UTC

MLK got a C in public speaking at seminary school

Interesting

2014-04-16 15:30:59 UTC

He improvised "I have a Dream"

Interesting

2014-04-16 15:33:39 UTC

He is the only non-president to have a national holiday in his name

Interesting

2014-04-16 15:33:43 UTC

He persuaded Nyota Uhura to continue filming Star Trek in hopes that it would create a greater racial harmony on television.

He had 4 Kids

2014-04-16 15:35:24 UTC