When Martin was growing up he attend Atlanta public school which is called Howard elementary. He went to middle school, and skiped high school and went to college.During Martin's life the holocaust was on in Germany which was ruled by Adolf Hitler. When Martin came home one day his parents told him some bad news which was that his grandmother died. Martin was so angry and sad he tried to commit suicide by jumping from the second story window of his house. Martin did this because he loved and cared about his grandmother.