The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chapter One
EARLY YEARS
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, my daddy's brother is a
preacher. So I didn't have much choice.
NOVEMBER 25, 1926
Michael (later Martin) Luther King, Sr., marries Alberta Williams,
daughter of A.D. Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church
JANUARY 15, 1929
Michael (later Martin) Luther King, Jr., born at Williams/King
family home at 501 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta
MARCH 21, 1931
A. D. Williams dies and is succeeded as pastor of Ebenezer by King
Sr.
MAY 18, 1941
King Jr.'s grandmother Jennie Celeste Williams dies and family moves
to 193 Boulevard in Atlanta
APRIL 17, 1944
King Jr. travels to Dublin, Georgia, to deliver "The Negro and the
Constitution" in oratory contest
I was born in the late twenties on the verge of the Great
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