Biography of micheal luther king sr

In , he proposed, to the lack of opposition to more cautious clergy and lay leaders, a massive voter registration drive to be initiated by a march to City Hall. At a rally at Ebenezer of more than 1, activists, King referred to his own past and urged black people toward greater militancy. A year later, King, Sr. With the legal assistance of the NAACP, the movement resulted in significant gains for black teachers.

King, Jr. In his autobiography, King, Sr. Throughout his life, King, Sr. After the assassination of King, Jr. A strong supporter of Jimmy Carter, he delivered invocations to the Democratic National Convention in and After serving Ebenezer for 44 years, he died in Atlanta in Introduction, in Papers King, Martin Luther, Sr. References [ edit ].

June 12, Retrieved December 3, King dies at 84; with son, a leader in rights movement , nytimes. Carson, Clayborne; Luker, Ralph E. University of California Press. ISBN January 15, Washington Post. Retrieved January 20, — via stltoday. The Martin Luther King Jr. April 18, Retrieved January 23, Minneapolis: Fortress Publishing.

Retrieved July 5, University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved June 5, Samuel L. Retrieved April 24, Martin Luther King Sr". The Decatur Review. New York Times. Retrieved February 27, — via Newspapers. Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved September 5, June 24, Times Free Press. Milwaukee Journal. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 22, Further reading [ edit ].

External links [ edit ]. Martin Luther King Jr. Speeches, writings, movements, and protests. King: A Filmed Record Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story comic book. CBS, Inc. King v. Trustees of Boston Univ. Memorial Library, Washington, D. On Thanksgiving Day in , after eight years of courtship, he married Alberta in the Ebenezer Church.

With the country in the midst of the Great Depression, church finances were struggling, but King organized membership and fundraising drives that restored these to health. By , King had become a widely respected leader of the local church. That year, he also changed his name and that of his eldest son from Michael King to Martin Luther King after a period of gradual transition on his own part.

While visiting sites associated with reformation leader Martin Luther , attendees also witnessed the rise of Nazism. Whilst the BWA conference issued a resolution condemning antisemitism , the senior King gained deepened appreciation for the power of Luther's protest. King was the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church for four decades, wielding great influence in the black community and earning some degree of respect from the white community.

He encouraged his son to become active in the movement. He said, "I guess the influence of my father also had a great deal to do with my going in the ministry. This is not to say that he ever spoke to me in terms of being a minister, but that my admiration for him was the great moving factor; He set forth a noble example that I didn't mind following.

King Jr. He said that in this way he would gain a healthier respect for his forefathers. In his autobiography, King Jr. He said, "This was the first time I had seen Dad so furious. That experience revealed to me at a very early age that my father had not adjusted to the system, and he played a great part in shaping my conscience. I still remember walking down the street beside him as he muttered, 'I don't care how long I have to live with this system, I will never accept it.

Another story related by King Jr. King pointed to his son, saying, "This is a boy, I'm a man; until you call me one, I will not listen to you. King Sr. Despite theological differences, father and son would later serve together as joint pastors at the church. He led the fight for equal teachers' salaries in Atlanta. He also played an instrumental role in ending Jim Crow laws in the state.

King had refused to ride on Atlanta's bus system since the s after a vicious attack on black passengers with no action against those responsible.