Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Quick Scoop

  • Full birth date: January 15, 1929.
  • Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, in the southern United States.
  • Family home: Biographical records note he was born at the family house on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, a historically Black neighborhood that became a center of African American life and culture.

A Bit More Context

  • Martin Luther King Jr. was originally named Michael Luther King Jr. at birth; his father later changed both their names to honor the Protestant reformer Martin Luther.
  • Growing up in segregated Atlanta during the Jim Crow era shaped his later work as a civil-rights leader and Baptist minister fighting racial discrimination and inequality.

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