Remembering Martin Luther King Jr The New York Times
Martin Luther King Jr was born on Tuesday, at the family home in Atlanta, Georgia He lived with his parents, Reverend Martin Luther King Sr and Alberta Williams King, as well as his grandparents and his two siblings, Christine and Alfred Daniel Williams King– ) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968