Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on 15 January 1929 in his maternal grandparents' large Victorian house, on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, also known as Sweet Auburn. He was the second of three children, and was first named Michael, after his father. Both changed their names to Martin when the boy was still young. King's parents were Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. His parents were both college-educated, and kings' father had succeeded as a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. At that time, there were only 13 members at the church. Therefore, he stepped in as the pastor of Ebenezer after the loss of his father-in-law in 1931.
Kings early life
In Atlanta he worked odd jobs and studied, and slowly developed a reputation as a preacher. While preaching at two small churches outside of Atlanta, he met Alberta Christine Williams, his future wife, and King, Jr.'s mother. When King, Sr. and Williams married, they moved into the Williams home on Auburn Avenue, the main street of Atlanta's African American business district. After some time had passed, her father asked King, Sr. to serve as assistant pastor at Ebenezer, which he did. When the senior pastor died of a heart attack in 1931, King, Sr. took over his duties.
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