DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR NAME TRANSITION

Martin Luther King, Jr., original name was Michael King, Jr. he was born 90 years ago on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, GA.  In 1934, his father, a pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, traveled to Germany and became inspired by the Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther it was there he decided to change his name (and that of his eldest son) from Michael King to Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday and will is observed each year on the third Monday of January (this year the day falls on January 21).