MLK, JR. BORN IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Georgia (JFK+50) On January 15, 1929, Michael Luther King, Jr. was born at 501 Auburn Street here in Atlanta*. Martin's father, Michael Sr., later changed his name to honor the German protestant religious leader, Martin Luther. MLK, Jr.'s mother was Alberta Williams King.
The younger King graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 with a B.A. in Sociology. Martin earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1951.
King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953 and received his PhD from Boston University in 1955, the same year he led the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
Dr. King was pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery before becoming co-pastor with his father at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Martin Luther King, Jr, who became the leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, preached a philosophy of non-violent protest. This philosophy was patterned after that of Mohandas Gandhi.
*The 2 story frame Queen Anne style home at 501 Auburn Street in Atlanta was purchased for $3500 in 1909 by Rev. Adam Daniel Williams & now is part of the MLK Jr. National Historical Park.
Jennifer White
MLK Birthplace
Atlanta, Georgia
Photo by John White (2008)
Atlanta, Georgia (JFK+50) On January 15, 1929, Michael Luther King, Jr. was born at 501 Auburn Street here in Atlanta*. Martin's father, Michael Sr., later changed his name to honor the German protestant religious leader, Martin Luther. MLK, Jr.'s mother was Alberta Williams King.
The younger King graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 with a B.A. in Sociology. Martin earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1951.
King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953 and received his PhD from Boston University in 1955, the same year he led the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
Dr. King was pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery before becoming co-pastor with his father at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Martin Luther King, Jr, who became the leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, preached a philosophy of non-violent protest. This philosophy was patterned after that of Mohandas Gandhi.
*The 2 story frame Queen Anne style home at 501 Auburn Street in Atlanta was purchased for $3500 in 1909 by Rev. Adam Daniel Williams & now is part of the MLK Jr. National Historical Park.
Jennifer White
MLK Birthplace
Atlanta, Georgia
Photo by John White (2008)
