With a simple name change, it seemed that Martin Luther King Jr.’s fate was sealed. Taking the name of a man who led one of the greatest social revolutions of the 16th century, young Martin would later lead an important revolution of his own. He was first as born Michael King in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929.
King’s father, a prevalent Protestant minister who was also named Michael King, decided to adopt the namesake of the great religious reformer after an inspirational trip to Nazi Germany.
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