Martin Luther King was born on January 15, in Atlanta Georgia 1929. He was named Michael Luther after his father, but later they both changed names to Martin Luther King in honor of the great church leader.
What was Martin Luther King’s first racial experience?
He’s first experience with racism, was a day when his father took him to buy new shoes in the store. Then the clerk came to them and said that they should move to the back of the store. Then his father got very offended, and they left the store. They wouldn’t find themselves in such a treatment.
While still a young man, how was Martin Luther King influenced by his father?
Martin Jr. was fascinated by watching his father there was Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. He longed to follow in the other minister’s footsteps.
Where did Martin Luther King meet his wife-to-be, and what did they both particularly have in common?
They met at the university in Boston 1951. They both liked music and they were both fighting for civil rights. They got married in June 1953, and his father performed a ceremony at her in Alabama.
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