Growing up in Atlanta, King attended Booker T. Washington High School. He became known for his public-speaking ability and was part of the school's debate team.
When King was 13 years old, in 1942, he became the youngest assistant manager of a newspaper delivery station for the Atlanta Journal.
During his junior year, he won first prize in an oratorical contest sponsored by the Negro Elks Club in Dublin, Georgia.
On the ride home to Atlanta by bus, he and his teacher were ordered by
the driver to stand so that white passengers could sit down. King
initially refused but complied after his teacher told him that he would
be breaking the law if he did not submit.
During this incident, King
said that he was "the angriest I have ever been in my life."
An outstanding student, he skipped both the ninth and the twelfth grades of high school.
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