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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
He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. The site is now home to the National Civil Rights Museum. Establishing a holiday in honor of Dr. King was a long process, full of controversy. The holiday was first proposed just four days after King's death by John Conyers, a Democratic congressman from Michigan. The bill failed to pass year after year.