Early Life and Education
Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in the city's Sweet Auburn neighborhood. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, later studied at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, and earned a doctorate from Boston University.
Key Places of Ministry and Activism
King became a pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where the Montgomery bus boycott began in 1955. He later helped organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and led campaigns in Birmingham, Selma, and other cities across the South.
Final Years and Legacy
In the mid-1960s, King moved his family to Atlanta and continued leading the Southern Christian Leadership Conference while expanding his focus to poverty and international peace. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968, and is buried in Atlanta. For more background, see the biography at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Luther-King-Jr
