Stand up for what is right – even if you stand alone. The life and time of Martin Luther King

Civil Rights Movement king-i-have-a-dream-pt-1-2/1293.htmlhttp:// king-i-have-a-dream-pt-1-2/1293.html Martin Luther King Jr. was fighting for racial equality, where black and white people could be treated the same and have the same human rights.

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King was born on January 15, 1929 at 501 Auburn Ave., on the second floor of the Queen Anne-style house owned by his grandfather A.D. Williams. Down the street, Williams -- and later King's father, Martin Luther King Sr., and King himself -- pastored at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Today, "Sweet Auburn" -- the prosperous black neighborhood that was home to King and his parents, grandparents, brother and sister -- lies largely within a national historic site and a preservation district, a reminder of Atlanta's role in pushing a tide of change in America.

Ebenezer Baptist church: IPIX view from outside the church

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife Coretta after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala., March 22, 1956.

Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and his son Dexter greet parishioners at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church after Sunday services in 1964.

A rare moment of leisure for King: playing pool in February 1966.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sits in a jail cell in the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Ala. on November 3, 1967.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. looks at the glass door of his rented beach cottage in St. Augustine, Fla., that was shot into on June 5, 1964.

The Movement

Civil Rights Leaders (L to R) John Lewis, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., James Farmer,and Roy Wilkins

President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, with Martin Luther King, Jr., looking on

President Ronald Reagan signs legislation enacting the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

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Stand up for what is right – even if you stand alone. The life and time of Martin Luther King