Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was born on january 15, 1929, in atlanta, georgia. 622,875 likes ยท 1,951 talking about this.
The civil rights movement had lost more than its fair share of heroes by 1968. Martin luther king jr., the atlanta native who became one of the most important figures in the civil rights movement, helped unite a divided nation. Is considered the formative figure in the modern fight for civil rights, and his legacy looms large in the work of all those who follow him in his cause.
He was the son of alberta christine (williams), a schoolteacher, and martin luther king sr.
For martin the civil rights movement began one summer in 1935 when he was six. Speaking before crowd of 25,000 selma to montgomery, alabama civil rights marchers, in front of montgomery, alabama state capital building. He was the husband of coretta scott king, and father of yolanda king and martin luther king iii. Martin luther king, jr., baptist minister and social activist who led the u.s.