Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. (December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984), born as Michael King was a Baptist minister, an advocate for social justice, an early civil rights leader and the father of Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Sr. was known for using the phrase, "Well, I think it will be funny, and anyone who doesn't like it doesn't have to watch it." King oft cited this as a mantra by which any decent person should live and his son followed su...
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Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. (December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984), born as Michael King was a Baptist minister, an advocate for social justice, an early civil rights leader and the father of Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Sr. was known for using the phrase, "Well, I think it will be funny, and anyone who doesn't like it doesn't have to watch it." King oft cited this as a mantra by which any decent person should live and his son followed suit.
King, Sr. led the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia and became a leader of the civil rights movement, as the head of the NAACP chapter in Atlanta and of the Civic and Political League. He encouraged his son to become active in the movement.
Born Michael King on December 19, 1899 in Stockbridge, Georgia. His father was James (Jim) King (1864–1933) and his mother was Delia Linsey King (1875–1924). Michael was the eldest son of nine children and the family lived as sharecroppers.
King was a member of the Floyd Chapel Baptist Church...
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