Martin Luther King and Benjamin Franklin’s lives can be compared where both were born in the month of January. King was born on January 15, 1929 and Franklin was born on January 17, 1706. Another similarity is that they both died in the month of April. Martin Luther King died on April 4, 1968 and Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790. A difference is that King died at the age of 39 because of being assassinated and Franklin died at the age 84 because of being bed-ridden.
Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia as the middle child of the Reverend Martin Luther …show more content…
King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger as their eighth child. King went to Booker T. Washington High School then after skipping two grades enrolled Morehouse College then enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary. Franklin was educated at Boston Latin School but did not graduate due to the fact that his parents could not afford to send him for more than two years.
King and Franklin were both married.
King was married to Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953 and together they had four children; Yolanda, Martin Luther King III, Dexter, and Bernice King. Franklin had common-law marriage with Deborah Read and they had two children together Francis and Sarah. It later came out that Benjamin had illegitimate son name William.
Martin King was a prominent African- American Civil Rights leader using nonviolent methods who was the youngest of that time to win the Noble Peace Prize. Benjamin Franklin was the 6th president of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania who won the Copley Medal in 1732 and a doctorate from St. Andrews. Both men were not president of United States. King was a big figure in the marches of African Americans, such as, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Million Man March, and the March on Washington. Franklin created the Junto group, a discussion group for issues of the day and he also signed the Declaration of
Independence.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Benjamin Franklin well are known for many years to come as two important men that helped shaped the America that we live in today. Franklin, one of the founding fathers, and King, a civil rights leader, have both accomplished so much in their time that well always be remembered.