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Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984) was an African-American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the civil rights movement. He was the father and namesake of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr., nato Michael King Jr. (Atlanta, 15 gennaio 1929 – Memphis, 4 aprile 1968), è stato un attivista, politico e pastore protestante statunitense, leader del movimento per i diritti civili degli afroamericani.
Martin Luther King, Jr., credited his father with influencing his decision to join the ministry, saying: “He set forth a noble example that I didn’t [mind] following” (Papers 1:363). King, Sr., was born Michael King on 19 December 1897, in Stockbridge, Georgia.
Authoritative Name: King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984. Biography: Father of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Throughout his life, King, Sr., was a prominent civic leader in Atlanta, serving on the boards of Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and the National Baptist Convention.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
16 gen 2017 · Decades before Martin Luther King Jr. altered American history, Martin Luther King Sr.—Daddy King, as he called himself—fought injustice deep in the South.
Martin Luther King è affascinato dalla figura di Gandhi, dal quale apprende i principi della lotta non-violenta. Nel 1953 si laurea in filosofia a Boston e nel 1954 si trasferisce con la moglie Coretta Scott a Montgomery, Alabama, per svolgervi il ministero di pastore della chiesa battista.
