On 15 January 1929, the Reverend King had some good news to tell the people at his church in Atlanta, in the southern United States. He had a new son! He and his wife named their child Martin Luther. As a boy, Martin loved to listen to his grandmother read from the Bible and to play games with his sister and brother.
Even more he enjoyed playing with the children of the local shopkeeper. This was very unusual in Atlanta, because Martin was black and his friends were white. When Martin started school, he was surprised to find that his friends went to a different school. They were no longer allowed to play with him. He also saw that black people were treated with less respect than white people.
Martin was hurt by this treatment. He told his mother how he felt. She replied; “Don’t let it make you feel you are not as good as white people. Your as good as any one else, and don’t it”
Black people first came to USA as slaves, but now they were free people. Even so, many white
Americans, especially in south, did not want to mix with the black people. They believed in segregation.
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