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    Meet the civil rights leader in our Martin Luther King facts and discover how he changed history for millions of African-American people during the Civil Rights Movement…

    Martin Luther King facts

    Full name: Dr Martin Luther King Jr
    Born: 15 January 1929.
    Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
    Occupation: Minister and activist.
    Died: 4 April 1968.
    Best known for: Campaigning for the rights of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

    1) Martin Luther King Jr was born in the United States of America to African American parents. At birth he was named Michael King, but his father later changed his name to Martin Luther King Jr.

    2) When Martin Luther King was growing up, life was hard for African Americans. The Southern United States operated under the ‘Jim Crow laws’ that kept black and white people separated in what was called ‘segregation’. Black people had different schools, toi

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    The life of Martin Luther King Jr.

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    1929

    • Jan. 15: Michael Luther King Jr., later renamed Martin, is born to schoolteacher Alberta King and Baptist minister Michael Luther King in Atlanta, Ga.

    1948

    • King graduates from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a B.A.

    1951

    • Graduates with a B.D. from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa.

    1953

    • June 18: King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Ala. They will have four children: Yolanda Denise (b.1955), Martin Luther King III (b.1957), Dexter (b.1961), Bernice Albertine (b.1963).

    1954

    • Brown vs. Board of Education: U.S. Supreme Court bans segregation in public schools.
    • September: King moves to Montgomery, Ala., to preach at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

    1955

    • After coursework at New England colleges, King finishes his Ph.D. in systematic theology.
    • Bus boycott launches in Montgomery, Ala., aft
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      Martin Luther King Jr.

      1929-1968

      In Focus: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

      In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday has never coincided with the inauguration of a non-incumbent president. That changes this year.

      Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in January to mark the late activist’s birthday. In 2025, the holiday falls on January 20, the same day typically set aside for Inauguration Day every four years. Indeed, January 20 is also when Donald Trump will be sworn in as 47th president.

      Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both cases, the men were starting their second consecutive terms, much quieter occasions than the transfer of power from one president to the next.

      Days after King’s assassination in 1968, a campaign for a holiday in his honor began. U.S. Representative John Conyers Jr. of Mi