{"id":2329,"date":"2015-04-07T14:31:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T21:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2018-07-30T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T16:40:02","slug":"king-martin-luther-jr-1929-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2329","title":{"rendered":"KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR., 1929-1968"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clergyman; civil rights leader. Born&#8211; Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Ga. Parents&#8211; Martin Luther and Alberta (Williams) King. Married&#8211; Coretta Scott, June 18, 1953. Children&#8211; Four. Education&#8211; Morehouse College, A.B., 1948; Crozer Theological Seminary, B.D., 1951; Boston University, Ph.D., 1955; additional study at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. Ordained a Baptist minister, 1948; Pastor, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala., 1950-60; co-pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, 1960-68.\u00a0 Vice-President, National Sunday School and Baptist Training Conference, National Baptist Convention.\u00a0 Led the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s; President, Montgomery Improvement Association; \u00a0Founder and president (1957-68), Southern Christian Leadership Conference.\u00a0 J. Louis Crozer fellowship at Crozer Theological Seminary. Spingarn Medal, NAACP, 1957; <em>Time <\/em>Man\u00a0of the Year, 1963. \u00a0awarded the L.H.D. by Morehouse College, Howard University, Morgan State College and Central State College; awarded an honorary D.D. by Boston University and by Chicago Theological Seminary; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977. \u00a0Nobel Peace Prize, 1964.\u00a0Died Apr. 4, 1968.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who Was Who in America online; Contemporary Authors online<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u00a0 Warner Books, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve Been to the Mountaintop.\u00a0 HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Letter from Birmingham City Jail.\u00a0 American Friends Service Committee, 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Measure of a Man.\u00a0 Christian Education Press, 1959; memorial edition, Pilgrim Press, 1968.<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrimage to Nonviolence.\u00a0 Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1960.<\/p>\n<p>Strength to Love. New York; Harper, 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Harper, 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Why We Can&#8217;t Wait.\u00a0 Harper, 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Stride Toward Freedom; the Montgomery Story. New York; Harper, 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Where Do We Go From Here; Chaos or Community? New York; Harper, 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Why We Can&#8217;t Wait. New York; Harper, 1964.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Papers;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The papers of Martin Luther King Jr. are held by the King Center in Atlanta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Clergyman; civil rights leader. Born&#8211; Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Ga. Parents&#8211; Martin Luther and Alberta (Williams) King. Married&#8211; Coretta Scott, June 18, 1953. Children&#8211; Four. Education&#8211; Morehouse College, A.B., 1948; Crozer Theological Seminary, B.D., 1951; Boston University, Ph.D., 1955; additional study at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. 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