The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapter 1: Early Years, Chapter 2: Morehouse College Abstract

* Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1928, into a black, lower-middle class, religious community where he came from a family of ministers.
* Of crucial significance in his life was the issue of racial segregation and discrimination for which his father,...
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