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BY Ismail Akwei, 8:00am January 15, 2019,

15 facts about Martin Luther King Jr. you might not know

ISMAIL AKWEI
by Ismail Akwei, 8:00am January 15, 2019,

15 facts about Martin Luther King Jr. you might not know

Martin Luther King Jr. with his sister Christine King Farris

King skipped the 9th and 12th grade and started his education at Morehouse College when he was 15. He joined the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and graduated in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.

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