Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He lived from 1929 to 1968. Born as the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Martin had an older sister named Willie Christine and a younger brother named Alfred Daniel Williams King. The King children grew up in a safe and loving home. Martin Sr. was more of a disciplinarian. While their mother's gentleness easily counterbalanced their father's stricter hand. Although they definitely tried, Martin's parents couldn't keep him completely away from racism. Martin Luther King Jr. He fought against racial prejudice, not only because his race suffered from it, but also because he saw racism and segregation as an affront to the will of God. Martin King Sr. strongly discouraged any sense of class superiority in his children, which left a lasting impression on Martin Jr. At age 5, he went to his first public school. He was baptized in May 1936. At the age of 12, he was devastated when his grandmother died and attempted suicide. He jumped from a second-story window of his family's home. He attended Booker T. Washington High School and was considered a valuable student. He skipped 9th and 11th grade and entered Morehouse University in Atlanta at the age of 15! Although his family was deeply involved in church and worship, young Martin questioned his religion in general and felt uncomfortable with overly emotional religious worship. Martin chose to rebel against his father's beliefs and drink while playing pool in college. Turns out it wasn't the smartest idea, because he got into a relationship with a girl and shortly after, he had to break up with her. In 1948, Martin Luther King Jr. earned a degree in sociology from middle of paper ......o him. Early in his activism, he was the lead organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. But Rustin was also a questionable person back then. Although Rustin's advice was very valuable to Martin, most of his supporters urged him to stay away from Rustin. In February 1960, African American students launched the "sit-in" in Greensboro, North Carolina. They sat at separate lunch counters in stores around town. SCLC held a conference at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the sit-ins and encouraged students to continue doing them. In August 1960, segregation at lunch counters in 27 southern cities ended. On October 19, 1960, King and 36 other African Americans were asked to leave a lunch counter, but they refused to do so and were therefore arrested. John F. Kennedy expressed concern over King's terrible treatment for the traffic ticket..