Martin Luther King Jr was a social activist who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s. Martin Luther King had been arrested, which never stopped the work he did for the Civil Rights Movement. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize! Before MLK Jr. was a civil rights activist, he was a normal citizen experiencing school, college, and work, which shaped him to be the leader he is famed as. Martin Luther King Junior had an interesting childhood/life before he became a Civil Rights activist. Martin Luther King Jr. was given the name Michael King, at birth, on January 15, 1929. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. “King came from a comfortable middle-class family steeped in the tradition of the Southern black ministry"(Carson). That is pretty rare in that time period because blacks could barely get a job and were segregated against. "His father and maternal grandfather were Baptist preachers in Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta"(Carson). Martin Luther King Jr. followed in his parents’ direction, as his job originally was a Baptist minister. …show more content…
"In 1944, at age 15, King entered Morehouse College in Atlanta"(Carson). He then graduated and became a minister as his father urged him to. While in Boston, King met Coretta Scott, a native Alabamian who was studying at the New England Conservatory of Music. They were married in 1953 and had four children. King had been pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. These foundational skills led King to become one of the leading activists of the Civil Rights Movement that represented millions of