Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. in Berlin (german-way.com) When Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929, his birth certificate listed his name as “Michael King Jr.” – after his father Michael King Senior. How and when did Michael King become Martin Luther King?

It’s sitting on my desk right now, to review. That’s been a directive by President Trump. I’m reviewing that and reviewing JKF files, MLK files. That’s all in the process of being reviewed… Pam Bondi, Fox News (21 February 2025)

“For All . . . A Non-Segregated Society,” A Message for Race Relations Sunday (kinginstitute.stanford.edu) King penned the following message for the National Council of Churches’ thirty-fifth annual observance of Race Relations Sunday. King submitted a draft on 4 September 1956, and by November the NCC had begun distributing the final version in a pamphlet along with twelve “Suggestions for Action” that churches could use in the struggle against segregation.

Covington — Thumbnail History (historylink.org) Covington is a small municipality located in King County, about 20 miles southeast of Seattle. Originally a stop on a railroad line connecting Kanasket to Auburn, Covington began to grow in the early twentieth century as lumber mills sprang up around Jenkins and Soos creeks. After the timber trade died out, dairy and berry farming became more popular in the area with improved irrigation practices. In the late 1990s, Covington residents made a push for incorporation to seize some control of their development away from King County. Formally incorporated in 1997, Covington still struggles to balance growth and its former rural identity.

Martin Luther King Jr. (Wikipedia) Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A Black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination in the United States.