A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF MARTHIN LUTHER KING JR. Martin Luther King Jr. was born as Michael Luther King Jr. on January 15, 1929 at his home in Atlanta, Georgia to proud parents Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King, King was originally named 'Michael" after his father, who changed King's name to Martin when he was 6. He was the second of three children At the young age of 15, King graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and was …showed first 75 words of 1350 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1350 total…believed that violence wasn't the key to changing America because if he combated the violence against his people with more violence, he would be just as bad as the people whom he was trying to reform. In contrast Castro knew that the only was to change Cuba was with violence because when he had tried to change it by standing for parliament, Batista knew his objectives and disallowed it. Consequently violence was his last option.