5/20/2023 0 Comments Mlk i have a dream![]() In 1955, King-a pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery-was chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycotts. In Boston, King met and married Coretta Scott, and the two of them returned to Scott’s native Alabama to begin a family. He attended a seminary in Pennsylvania and completed his doctorate at Boston University. ![]() Returning home to complete his studies in the South, King graduated from college in 1948 and entered the ministry at his father’s suggestion. Before entering Morehouse College as an undergraduate, King spent time up North, where he was first exposed to integrated churches and restaurants. ![]() Even though King was part of a comfortable and tight-knit community, he grew up amid the injustices of segregation. Born in Atlanta to a middle-class family and raised near Atlanta’s “Black Wall Street,” King’s father and grandfather before him were Baptist preachers. ![]() was one of the most iconic and influential leaders in the American civil rights movement. ![]()
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