Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth: January 15, 1929 Death: April 4, 1968 • His father, Michael King Sr., changed their names to Martin Luther King Sr. and Jr. when Martin Jr. was about five. • He was the first African-American to be named Time magazine's Man of... More

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth: January 15, 1929 Death: April 4, 1968 • His father, Michael King Sr., changed their names to Martin Luther King Sr. and Jr. when Martin Jr. was about five. • He was the first African-American to be named Time magazine's Man of the Year. • Youngest person, at the time, to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 • Author of six books published from 1958 through 1968, works on American race relations and collections of his sermons and lectures. • According to the King Center, Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech is 17 minutes long. • 1948 ordained as a Baptist minister • 1956 King’s house is bombed • April 4, 1968 - Is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray. • An investigation reveals that the FBI illegally spied on King's hotel rooms and traced his home phone calls from 1962-1968 – up until he died. Less