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  • Original description: "Girard Wall." This footage consists of clips from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s visit to Philadelphia in August 1965.
  • King founded and was serving as president of before he was the victim of an assassin's bullet on April 4, 1968.
  • The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. discusses civil rights action with Mrs. Leona K. Baylor (left), local president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
  • The 5-foot-7 King liked swimming and basketball, according to Clayborne Carson, director of Stanford University's Martin Luther King, Jr.

    • King founded and was serving as president of before he was the victim of an assassin's bullet on April 4, 1968..

    When Was Martin Luther King Born?

    Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, the second child of Martin Luther King Sr., a pastor, and Alberta Williams King, a former schoolteacher.

    Along with his older sister Christine and younger brother Alfred Daniel Williams, he grew up in the city’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood, then home to some of the most prominent and prosperous African Americans in the country.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    – Pastor

    Did you know? The final section of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech is believed to have been largely improvised.

    A gifted student, King attended segregated public schools and at the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College, the alma mater of both his father and maternal grandfather, where he studied medicine and law.

    Although he had not intended to follow in his father’s footsteps by joining the ministry, he changed his mind under the mentorship of Morehouse’s president, Dr. Benjamin