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Martin Luther King Jr graduated in1948 from Morehouse College with a BA. degree in Sociology. He won the Pearl Plafker Award for the most outstanding student. He also received the J. Lewis Crozer fellowship for graduate study at a university of his choice. He was awarded a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer in 1951.

In September of 1951, Martin Luther King began doctoral studies in Systematic Theology at Boston University. He also studied at Harvard University. His dissertation, "A Comparison of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Wieman," was completed in 1955, and the PhD. degree from Boston, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Systematic Theology, was awarded on June 5, 1955.

Honorary Degree

Dr. King was awarded honorary degrees from numerous colleges and universities in the United States and several foreign countries. They include the following:1957Doctor of Humane Letters, Morehouse CollegeDoctor of Laws, Howard UniversityDoctor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary1958Doctor of Laws, Morgan State CollegeDoctor of Humanities, Central State College1959Doctor of Divinity, Boston University1961Doctor of Laws, Lincoln UniversityDoctor of Laws, University of Bridgeport1962Doctor of Civil Laws, Bard College1963Doctor of Letters, Keuka College1964Doctor of Divinity, Wesleyan CollegeDoctor of Laws, Jewish Theological SeminaryDoctor of Laws, Yale UniversityDoctor of Divinity, Springfield College1965Doctor of Laws, Hofstra UniversityDoctor of Human Letters, Oberlin CollegeDoctor of Social Science, Amsterdam Free UniversityDoctor of Divinity, St. Peter's College1967Doctor of Civil Law, University of New Castle Upon TyneDoctor of Laws, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa

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