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About Dr. King. Overview. Birth & Family. Born at noon on Tuesday, January 15, 1929 at the family home in Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. More
King helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, and, as its first president, he led non-violent campaigns of civil disobedience. He became the face of the civil rights movement, and would earn Time Man of the Year for 1963 and the Nobel Peace Prize of 1964 for his work. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis by James Earl Ray. The day before his death, King said in his final public speech, âI've seen the Promised Land.