M artin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, April 4, ) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from to ; his father has served from then until the present, and from until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a pivotal Baptist minister and civil rights activist who profoundly influenced race relations in the United States. Born on January 15, , in Atlanta, Georgia, he emerged as a leader during the Civil Rights Movement in the mids.

King, who was 39 years old at the time, was a polarizing figure to half the country even before his death, said Lerone Martin, director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews, access to King’s personal papers, and thousands of FBI documents, Bearing the Cross traces King’s metamorphosis from a young.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mids until his assassination in King sought.

Martin Luther King jr. (15 Januarie – 4 April ), priester, briljante spreker, gebore leier en kleinseun van 'n slaaf, het sy Christelike beginsels met Mahatma Gandhi se metodes van geweldlose protes gekombineer om die Beweging vir Swart Burgerregte tydens die dekade van sy grootste prestasie, van tot , te lei.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mids until his assassination in King sought.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from until his assassination on April 4, A Black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. establishes himself as the national leader of the civil-rights movement, leading boycotts and staging protests against segregation in the South.

While others were advocating for freedom by “any means necessary,” including violence, Martin Luther King, Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly-impossible goals.

There is some debate around the identity of Ramesses' wife and Seti's mother. Sitre is shown together with Ramesses I and Seti in Seti's Abydos temple where she is called the King's Mother. [2] She is called the King's Great Wife both in Seti's temple and in Seti's tomb (where one would expect her to be mentioned as King's Mother).