9 Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. He was named Michael, not Martin! The civil rights leader was born Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929. When he was only 5 years old, his father—a pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church—traveled to Germany and became inspired by the Protest...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s early life laid the foundation for his future as a civil rights leader. Born Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, he underwent a significant name change in 1934 when his father was inspired by the German reformer Martin Luther. At just six...
The federal holiday celebrating the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. fell on thesecond inaugurationof U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in 2025, just a year after it fell on King'sbirthday. Born in Atlanta, on Jan. 15, 1929, King dedicated his life to achieving equality and jus...
One of the most famous speeches given by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was the “I Have A Dream” speech. The speech goes like this. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day signed into effect by Ronald Reagan Tomb of MLK Jr. and his Wife, Coretta Scott King 2)Among various academic accomplishments, Martin Luther King holds multiple honorary degrees. Martin Luther King studied Sociology and Systematic Theology as a scholar, he eventually re...
An interview with Wake Forest University student William Murphy is presented in which he discusses his research which compared the speech given by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. entitled "The Negro and the Constitution" at age 15, to his "I Have a Dream" speech.By Lacey Jo...
King, Martin Luther, Jr Born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Ga.; died Apr. 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. Figure in the black movement in the US. A leader in the struggle for civil rights for blacks. King received a Ph.D. degree from Boston University in 1955. He became a Baptist min...
Oyelowo’s exclusion from his performance as Martin Luther King Jr. is particularly striking; in his absence, all 20 of the nominees for acting prizes are white. In all, a movie that had been perceived as a potential multiple-category threat is now lagging behind the rest of the field. ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is nearly here, and with offices closed and snow on the ground, there’s no better way to spend it than in cozy reverence (preferably on the couch). From Dr. King's early days as a civil rights leader, to his home life, to his political brush-ups, to...