The Autobiogaphy of Martin Luther King, Jr. : Author- C. Carson

Of course I was religious . I grew up in the church . My father is a preacher , my grandfather was a preacher , my great-grandfather was a preacher , my only brother is a preacher , and my daddy 's brother is a preacher . So I didn 't have much choice

Martin Luther King Jr

Dr . Martin Luther King , Jr . was a vital figure of the modern era . His lectures and dialogues stirred the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation . The movements and marches he led brought significant changes in the fabric of American

life through his courage and selfless devotion . This devotion gave direction to thirteen years of civil rights activities . His charismatic leadership inspired men and women , young and old , in this nation and around the world

Martin Luther King , Jr . was born on January 15 , 1929 in Atlanta Georgia . He was the son of the Reverend Martin Luther King , Sr . and Alberta Williams King . King entered Morehouse College at the age of fifteen , as he skipped his ninth and twelfth high school grades without formally graduating . In 1948 he graduated from Morehouse with a B .A degree in sociology , and enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester , Pennsylvania . In 1951 King began doctoral studies in Systemic Theology at Boston University , and received his Ph .D . in 1955

Martin Luther King , Jr 's maternal grandparents were the Reverend Adam Daniel Williams , second pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church , and Jenny Parks Williams . His paternal grandparents were James Albert and Delia King , sharecroppers on a farm in Stockbridge , Georgia

At the age of five , Martin Luther King , Jr . began school , before reaching the legal age of six , at the Yonge Street Elementary School in Atlanta . When his age was discovered , he was not permitted to continue in school and did not resume his education until he was six . Following Yonge School , he was enrolled in David T . Howard Elementary School . He also attended the Atlanta University Laboratory School and Booker T Washington High School . Because of his high scores on the college entrance examinations in his junior year of high school , he advanced to Morehouse College without formal graduation from Booker T . Washington Having skipped both the ninth and twelfth grades , Dr . King entered Morehouse at the age of fifteen

In 1948 , he graduated from Morehouse College with a B .A . degree in Sociology . That fall he enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester , Pennsylvania . While attending Crozer , he also studied at the University of Pennsylvania . He was elected President of the Senior Class and delivered the valedictory address . He won the Peral Plafkner Award as the most outstanding student , and he received the J . Lewis Crozer Fellowship for graduate study at a university of his choice . He was awarded a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer in 1951

In September of 1951 , Martin Luther King , Jr . began doctoral studies in Systematic Theology at Boston University . He also studied at Harvard University . His dissertation , A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in...