... . 1. Biography of Martin Luther King 1.1 King's early years (1929 - 1953) Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the eldest son of Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King, Sr. His father was a preacher at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. King, his older sister Christine and his younger brother Alfred Daniel grew up ... so they could find better jobs to lead them out of poverty. He also opposed the Vietnam War. In 1968, King went to a protest of black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, who were demanding better wages. King was ...

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