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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
King reportedly donated the prize money, amounting to $53,123, to support the civil rights movement. He was named after Protestant reformer Martin Luther. King was born Michael King Jr. on Jan. 15 ...
Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984) was an African-American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the civil rights movement. He was the father and namesake of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He was the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1931 to 1975.
"Martin Luther King" was not his given name. What was it originally — and why did his father change it? The interesting history of the real name of Martin Luther King Jr. — and why it was changed
About this time, Michael King changed his name to Martin Luther King Sr. [9] Alberta King worked hard to instill self-respect into her children. Martin Luther King Jr., wrote an essay while he studied at Crozer Seminary stating that she "was behind the scenes setting forth those motherly cares, the lack of which leaves a missing link in life." [4]
In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights. While there, he was the subject of criticism by eight white clergymen ...
Martin Luther King and other leaders, therefore, agreed to keep their speeches calm, also, to avoid provoking the civil disobedience which had become the hallmark of the Civil Rights Movement. King originally designed his speech as a homage to Abraham Lincoln 's Gettysburg Address , timed to correspond with the centennial of the Emancipation ...
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery, Alabama state capital ...