501 Auburn Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA; Birth Home of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Instructions
This lesson focuses on the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr. During the online course, you will visit several places in Atlanta, GA, where King spent his childhood years. You will learn about King's family and the influence of Martin Luther King, Sr., on his son.
On January 15th, 1929, Michael King was born into the King family with a long-standing tradition in Baptist ministry. His grandfather A. D. Williams, and his father, Martin Luther King, Sr., were ministers at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, in Atlanta, GA. After finishing his education at Crozer Theological Seminary Martin Luther King, Jr., returned to Ebenezer, where he became a minister in 1948.
Find out more about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s early years:
Materials
Primary Sources:
Document A: Martin Luther King, Jr. "An Autobiography of Religious Development." September 1950
Document B: Martin Luther King, Jr. "Preaching Ministry." September-November 1948
King Encyclopedia
Family History of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Sr.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Crozer Theological Seminary
Boston University
Social Gospel / Social Gospel Ministers
Textbook
Chapter 1: Early Years
Chapter 2: Morehouse College
Chapter 3: Crozer Seminary
In: Clayborne Carson (ed), The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 2001.
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