Known AS: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nickname: M.L.K.
Father: Michael Luther King, Sr. (pastor, d. 11-Nov-1984)
Mother: Alberta Williams King (schoolteacher)
Wife: Coretta Scott King (m. 18 June 1953)
Number of Children: 4 (two daughters, two sons)
Date of Birth: 15 January 1929
Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia
Date of Death: 04 April 1968 (aged 39)
Death Place: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Cause of Death: Assassination
Assassinated By: James Earl Ray
Remains: Buried, Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Gender: Male
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Education:
- High School: Washington High School
- College: Morehouse College (1944-1948, B.A.)
- Theological: Crozer Theological Seminary (1948–1951, B.D.)
- University: Boston University (1954–1955, Ph.D.)
Organization: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Political Movement: African-American Civil Rights Movement, Peace movement
Nationality: United States
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize (1964), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977), Congressional Gold Medal (2004)
Influenced By: Abraham Lincoln, Reinhold Niebuhr, Bayard Rustin, Howard Thurman, Paul Tillich, Leo Tolstoy
Major Writings:Stride Toward Freedom (1958, nonfiction); Why We Can't Wait (1964, nonfiction); Where Do We Go From Here? (1967, nonfiction)
American clergyman and activist Martin Luther King, Jr. (15 January 1929 - 04 April 1968) was the leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his Activist in the preferment of civil rights. He organized several campaigns and and also protests to help get rid of the particular segregation of folks determined by race. He could be fondly often called the actual human rights icon.
Early Life, Childhood & Education:
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born as Michael King, Jr. on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1934, his family moved to Europe. In Europe, Michael King, Jr. was changed to Martin Luther King Jr. In May 1936, he was baptized. Martin began formal education with Washington High School. After that, he entered Morehouse College at the age of fifteen. In 1948, he gained his Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Sociology from this college. In 1948, he admitted Crozer Theological Seminary where he received a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1951. After that in 1954, Martin entered Boston University. From Boston, he earned Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1955.
Personal Life & Family:
Martin Luther King's father, Michael Luther King, Sr. was a pastor and his mother Alberta Williams King was schoolteacher. They lived in rural Georgia. Martin was the 2nd of three children of his parents. On 18 June 1953, he married to Coretta Scott. They had four children (two daughters, two sons) named Martin Luther King III, Yolanda King, Bernice King, Dexter Scott King.
Later Life & Death:
In 1954, Martin Luther King selected as a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. As a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, he led the boycott of Montgomery's segregated buses, which lasted for 385 days. In 1956, Martin was arrested and his house was bombed. In 1957, he was selected President of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In 1958, he published his first book, Stride Toward Freedom. On 28 August 1963, Martin Gave "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in peace. In 1968, he was assassinated by James Earl Ray on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Martin Luther King, Jr. was buried at Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, Atlanta, Georgia.