A JOINT RESOLUTION Designating a Portion of Kentucky Route 61 in Adair County in Honor and Memory of Dr
UNOFFICIAL COPY AS OF 12/16/15 15 REG. SESS. 15 RS BR 1611 A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a portion of Kentucky Route 61 in Adair County in honor and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We pause to honor the memory of one of the greatest humanitarians of this century, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. WHEREAS, born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929, at his family's home in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the second child but first son born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King; and WHEREAS, a brilliant child, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., skipped both the ninth and twelfth grades, and due to his high scores on college entrance examinations, he entered Morehouse College at the age of 15 without formally graduating from high school; and WHEREAS, graduating from Morehouse College in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1951, while also taking classes at the University of Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, in the fall of 1951, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., began doctoral studies in Systematic Theology at Boston University and he was awarded his Ph.D. degree in 1955, all the while studying at Harvard University; and WHEREAS, on June 18, 1953, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., married his soul mate, Coretta Scott; and WHEREAS, between November 17, 1955, and March 28, 1963, Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., became the proud parents of four children, Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Albertine; and WHEREAS, Dr.
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