Martin Luther King Elementary

1201 N.E. 48th

Oklahoma City, OK 73111

405.587.4000

Contact Principal

Dr. Norma Cole Simpson

Serves students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5th.

School Mascot: Lions "Roaring for Success"

Established in 2006

What's In a Name:

Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. His father and grandfather were strong civil rights leaders, and King continued in their footsteps. He was admitted to Morehouse College when he was only 15, and later received a Ph.D. in theology from Boston University. He married Coretta Scott.

With his skills as an orator and strategist, King led “non-violent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship.” By the end of the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955, he had gained international fame. and he used his influence to campaign againstsegregation in all public services, including schools. He was one of the principals in the 1963 March on Washington, where he made his famous “I Have a Dream” speech before
a crowd of 250,000 people demonstrating on behalf of the Civil Rights Bill.

On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

 

Other School Facts:

Located in Board District 5

US Congressional District 5

State Senate District 48

State House District 97

County Commissioner District 1

City County Ward OKC 7