Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents, Martin and Alberta King, were wonderful parents who raised Martin Jr. in a middle class, religious home. Martin Luther King, Sr. was a minister and Alberta was the daughter of an affluent minister. Martin was protected as much as possible from racism by his parents and they instilled in him a sense of self-respect and equality. Martin Luther King, Sr. was a …showed first 75 words of 1020 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1020 total…Whether he was in Birmingham or Washington D.C., when Martin Luther King talked, people listened to what he had to say. What would have happened if Rosa Parks had given up her bus seat and there had been no Montgomery Bus Boycott? There might still be segregation today if Martin Luther King, Jr. hadn't been stirred to take up the reins and steered the black population into the course of an equal rights movement.