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Martin Luther King, Jr. was born at noon on Tuesday, January 15, 1929, at his home in Atlanta, Georgia. He was first named Michael Luther King Jr., and later changed his name to Martin, after his father. He was the first son and second child born to the reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King, a schoolteacher. In September 1935, Martin began his schooling at the all-black Yonge Street Elementary School in Atlanta. Growing up as …

…American citizens of all colors, races, religions, and creeds have been greatly improved as a result of Martin Luther King’s fight for freedom. Bibliography 1. Grolier Incorporated. The American Presidents. (Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier Incorporated, 1992) 2. King, Martin Luther. A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr. (London: Little &Brown, 1999) 3. Washington, James M., Ed. A Testament Of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr., (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1986)