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Martin Luther King The early years Martin Luther King Jnr. was born on 15 January 1929. His father, ‘Daddy’ King, was the pastor at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. King took his duties beyond serving his church, and was involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This was probably the influential thing in king’s (jnr.) early life that later made him accomplish what he did. King first met racism at the age of …

…be banned. But King never made it to the event: that evening, standing on his motel balcony, he was shot. We may never know who conspired to assassinate him -- it has been suggested that the FBI was involved, as it feared his becoming a black Messiah. In 1983, Congress recognized King’s stature as a human rights’ campaigner by making his birthday a national holiday, just as are those of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.