BIOGRAPHY
- Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929
- Martin Luther King was originally known as Michael King Jr., after his dad. Him and his father changed their name before Martin Luther King Jr. because they believed it had a better ring to it. But his name was never legally changed.
-King was born into a middle class family and received better education than most people of his race.
-Parents: Alberta King and Martin Luther King Sr.
-Him and his family lived at 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia.
- He had 2 siblings, a sister who was older than him, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King.
- Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929
- Martin Luther King was originally known as Michael King Jr., after his dad. Him and his father changed their name before Martin Luther King Jr. because they believed it had a better ring to it. But his name was never legally changed.
-King was born into a middle class family and received better education than most people of his race.
-Parents: Alberta King and Martin Luther King Sr.
-Him and his family lived at 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia.
- He had 2 siblings, a sister who was older than him, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King.
-King went to school at a segregated school in Ohio and graduated high school at the age of 15.
-1944: Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and went to Morehouse College at age 15.
-1944: Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and went to Morehouse College at age 15.
-1953: Martin Luther King Married Coretta Scott
-Martin Luther King had 4 children, Yolanda, Martin, Dexter, and Bernice.
- 1954: Martin Luther King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
- After all he accomplished Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, standing on his motel balcony in Tennessee