Martin Luther King was born on January 15th, 1929 in Atlanta. His father Martin Luther king Sr., was a pastor and his mother Alberta Williams King was the daughter of a previous pastor of the same church. When he was growing up he was a very smart boy and excellent student. His classmates nicknamed him Mike. He has an older sister named Christine and a younger brother named A. D., who he attended an all black …showed first 75 words of 691 total…

…showed last 75 words of 691 total…where he died. King is no a days still remembered for many things such as his optimism of his 1963 "I Have a Dream," sermon, his outspoken opposition in the Vietnam War and his intelligence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Faber, Doris and Harold Faber. Martin Luther King Jr. New York: Julian Messner, 1986 Garrow, David. "King, Martin Luther, Jr." Encyclopedia Americana Online 19 Sep. 2000 http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/build-page?artbaseid=0231350-00 "Martin Luther King." Encarta Encyclopedia 98. CD-ROM. Microsoft Corporation, 1997