Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the American Liberties Medallion by the American Jewish Committee.
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Vasco da Gama lived during a time called the Age of Discovery.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. His birth name wasn’t Martin – it was Michael! His father changed both their names to Martin Luther when he was 5 years old.
Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, a small port town in Portugal, so he probably saw ships and boats from the sea near his home.
Plato's family wanted him to become a politician like many of his relatives, but he chose a different path as a philosopher.