A new biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. explores the activist's life and faith
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The Difficulty of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was able to grow up in relative prosperity and a prosperous part of Black Atlanta. He skipped grades and went to Morehouse, then went to seminary and got his doctorate at Boston University. His father thought to be a preacher, you don't need all that education. But Martin always wanted to exceed his father.
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