Nine Facts About Martin Luther King Jr.

Catherine Boeckmann

Source: Almanac.com

January 14, 2025

    

How much do you know about Martin Luther King Jr.? Here are nine surprising facts about this revolutionary civil rights leader—and his work!

9 Facts About Martin Luther King Jr.

  1. He was named Michael, not Martin! The civil rights leader was born Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929. When he was only 5 years old, his father—a pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church—traveled to Germany and became inspired by the Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther. (His father changed his own name as well as his son’s name.)
  2. Martin was a gifted student! He entered college at the age of 15. He skipped grades 9 and 12 before enrolling at Morehouse College, the alma mater of his father and maternal grandfather, in 1944.
  3. Although he was the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Baptist ministers, he considered becoming a doctor or a lawyer instead. He later decided that the Bible had “many profound truths which one cannot escape” and entered the Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, graduating with his PhD at the age of 25.

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