Martin Luther King Middle School

Martin Luther King Middle School (commonly MLK or King) is a public school in Berkeley, California serving grades 6-8. Its address is 1781 Rose Street. MLK was originally named Garfield Junior High School after U.S. President James A. Garfield. It was re-named for the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a few years after his assassination in 1968. Garfield was established in the early 1900s at 1414 Walnut Street, just south of Rose Str... more

Martin Luther King Middle School (commonly MLK or King) is a public school in Berkeley, California serving grades 6-8. Its address is 1781 Rose Street. MLK was originally named Garfield Junior High School after U.S. President James A. Garfield. It was re-named for the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a few years after his assassination in 1968. Garfield was established in the early 1900s at 1414 Walnut Street, just south of Rose Street. Garfield was moved into new buildings at the present site of MLK in 1922. The original site on Walnut Street was subsequently used for an elementary school (University Elementary School), and later, as the headquarters of the Berkeley Unified School District until the 1970s. The site and buildings are today occupied by the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center. King was originally a junior high school serving grades 7-8. In the 1990s, following multiple school closures and relocations caused by damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta... less