MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

NAME OF LEADERDESCRIPTION
Martin Luther King JRMartin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr.

DESCRIPTIONNAME OF SITECITYSTATE
BIRTHPLACEHOUSEATLANTAGEORGIA
HOUSEMARTIN LUTHER KING HOUSEBIRMINGHAMALAMBAMA
MUSEUMMARTIN LUTHER KING JR ATLANTA GEORGIA
ALMA MATERBOOKER T WASHINGTON SCHOOL
ATLANTAGEORGIA
ALMA MATER
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
ATLANTA GEORGIA
ALMA MATERCROZER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYCHESTERPENNSLYANIA
ASSISSANTION SITELORAINE MOTELMEMPHISTENNESSEE
BURIAL PLACEMARTIN LUTHER KING HISTORIC SITE ATLANTA GEORGIA