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Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984) was an African-American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the civil rights movement. He was the father and namesake of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He was the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1931 to 1975.
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]
It was the church where Dr. Martin Luther King Sr. was co-pastor together with his sons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1960 until his assassination in 1968 and A. D. King from 1968 until his death in 1969, the location of the funerals of both Dr. King and, in its later expanded sanctuary, congressman John Lewis, and the church for which United ...
Biden’s visit marked the first time in history that a sitting U.S. president delivered an address during a Sunday service at Ebenezer, where King served as co-pastor from 1960 until his ...
The famous "I Have a Dream" address was delivered in August 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Less well-remembered are the early sermons of that young, 25-year-old pastor who first began preaching at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1954. [3]
The Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. and his father before him served as pastors, is certainly no stranger to hosting prominent funerals — from King himself to Rayshard ...
The church was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974 because of its importance in the civil rights movement and American history. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1978 the official name was changed to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church , in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , who was pastor there and helped organize the Montgomery bus ...
The call was organized by the Black Church PAC, co-founded by the Rev. Michael McBride, a longtime Harris supporter and pastor of The Way Christian Center in Berkeley.