Atlanta, Georgia, letter B. The place includes Martin Luther King Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father Martin Luther King Sr. and he was pastors.
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist pastor and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. He is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience.