Biography:

Clergyman; civil rights leader. Born– Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Ga. Parents– Martin Luther and Alberta (Williams) King. Married– Coretta Scott, June 18, 1953. Children– Four. Education– Morehouse College, A.B., 1948; Crozer Theological Seminary, B.D., 1951; Boston University, Ph.D., 1955; additional study at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. Ordained a Baptist minister, 1948; Pastor, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala., 1950-60; co-pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, 1960-68.  Vice-President, National Sunday School and Baptist Training Conference, National Baptist Convention.  Led the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s; President, Montgomery Improvement Association;  Founder and president (1957-68), Southern Christian Leadership Conference.  J. Louis Crozer fellowship at Crozer Theological Seminary. Spingarn Medal, NAACP, 1957; Time Man of the Year, 1963.  awarded the L.H.D. by Morehouse College, Howard University, Morgan State College and Central State College; awarded an honorary D.D. by Boston University and by Chicago Theological Seminary; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977.  Nobel Peace Prize, 1964. Died Apr. 4, 1968.

Source:

Who Was Who in America online; Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.  Warner Books, 1998.

I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.  HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.

Letter from Birmingham City Jail.  American Friends Service Committee, 1963.

Measure of a Man.  Christian Education Press, 1959; memorial edition, Pilgrim Press, 1968.

Pilgrimage to Nonviolence.  Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1960.

Strength to Love. New York; Harper, 1964.

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Harper, 1967.

Why We Can’t Wait.  Harper, 1964.

Stride Toward Freedom; the Montgomery Story. New York; Harper, 1958.

Where Do We Go From Here; Chaos or Community? New York; Harper, 1967.

Why We Can’t Wait. New York; Harper, 1964.

Papers;

The papers of Martin Luther King Jr. are held by the King Center in Atlanta.