Jackson Creek Middle School

Erik 12/16/05

Martin Luther King Jr.

1929-1968

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· Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. His birth name was actually Michael Luther King Jr., but then he later changed his name to Martin. Martin’s grandfather started a family line of pastors at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. His grandfather served there from 1914 until 1931. Martin’s father has served from 1931 until today. Martin served as a co-pastor with his father from 1960 until his father’s death. Martin went to segregated schools in Georgia as a child. He graduated high school at age fifteen. He went to school at Morehouse College and received a B.A. degree in 1948. He went to Crozer Theological Seminary located in Pennsylvania and studied there for three years.