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How Martin Luther King Jr. changed the life of a street kid In Kenya
Updated January 14, at AM ET
Editor's note: This story from our archive, originally published in , offers an insight into the way Martin Luther King, Jr., changed lives — including the life of a street kid in Kenya.
When Kennedy Odede was a kid, he lived on the streets of a slum in Kenya.
He'd grown up in tough circumstances.
Mog kenya biography of martin luther
His stepfather was violent. There wasn't enough food to go around. He wasn't sent to school. A friend convinced him he'd do better out on his own. He'd have his freedom, he'd be able to find his own food.
Mog kenya biography of martin luther king
So when he was around 10, Kennedy left home. His new world was a world of violence. He was caught up in gang fights. He remembers being stabbed in the arm: "I still have the scar," he says.
Then one day, when he was 12 or so, he met Martin Luther King Jr.
— on the pages of a book that an older friend at a community center gave him.
"I was looking for hope in my life," says Ke