Born at noon on Tuesday, January 15, 1929 at the family home in Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. The son of a minister, Martin Luther King, Jr. grows up to follow in his father’s footsteps; studying at Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and earning a doctorate at Boston University’s School of Theology.Dr. King heads the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) to protest the arrest of NAACP official Rosa Park for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. 
Dr. King’s vision expands globally and a trip to India increased his understanding of Gandhian ideas of nonviolent resistance. With the SCLC King helps organize the Birmingham protests, writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, and focuses attention nationally with the March on Washington. King speaks out on the Vietnam War and forms the Poor People’s Campaign, designed to prod the federal government to strengthen its antipoverty efforts.http://www.thekingcenter.org/about— dr— king