Martin Luther King, Jr.
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Peace Movement, Pacifism, Pacifists, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, African American History
Article abstract: As founding president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, King spearheaded the nonviolent movement that led to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Early Life
Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929, the second child of the Reverend Michael Luther and Alberta Williams King. He was originally named Michael Luther King, Jr., but after the death of his paternal grandfather in 1933, King’s father changed their first name to Martin to honor the grandfather’s insistence...
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