Hello Fellow Penguins,

Today Is a special day because it is MLK Jr. Day.If you don't know what this is it is when in the past people were not allowed to be with other people because the color of their skin.But one man changed all of that.His name what Martin Luther King Jr.It is very special to us because without him damenspike HQ would have only let one type of person to be on this site.This is also special because some friendships and relationships would have never existed.But he didn't just make his speach and everyone agreed with it actually began fighting!They even arrested some people!Some people brought out hoses and started spraying it at other people but not just people some were actually children! After that fight or should i say war was done Martin Luther King Jr.'s house went on fire!It didn't just go on fire someone set a bomb in the front of his house! Luckily his mother got out safely but his father died .






Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor, humanitarian and leader in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. In numerous speeches, marches and letters, he fought for racial and economic justice. He was lauded for his nonviolent approach to civil disobedience. Assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39, King made an incredible impact on the country’s racial, cultural and intellectual landscape.


King was born on Jan. 15, 1929, to the Rev. Michael King and Alberta Williams King in Atlanta, Ga. His birth name was Michael King Jr. The King family had deep roots in the Atlanta black community and the African-American Baptist Church. Both his grandfather and father served in succession at Ebenezer Baptist Church (down the street from King’s childhood home), and established it as a major congregation in Baptist circles. They were also both leaders in the Atlanta branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Michael King Sr. changed his name and his son's name to Martin Luther in 1934 to honor the 16th-century German religious reformer.

King attended segregated schools and graduated from high school at 15. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology at Morehouse College in 1948, and went on to gain a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and a doctorate in Philosophy of Systematic Theology from Boston University. While in Boston, he met music student Coretta Scott. The two later married and had two daughters and two sons.On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. died.He was shot because someone did not like that he made the law for all the people to be treated equally. We celebrate today because this is the day his speach happend.

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

~Your Friend Drake

This is very inspirational, thank you Matrin luther king jr.! Things could have been the same,but you changed that! Thank you! Amen!