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"One of the world's best known advocates of non-violent social change strategies, Martin Luther King, Jr. synthesized ideas drawn from many differentcultural traditions." (Carson 1). However, these protest strategies onlyfurthered racial segregation, resulting in the eventual death of King.
Michael King, who was later known as Martin Luther King, Jr. was born
January 15, 1929, at 501 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. His roots were in
the African-American Baptist church. After his junior year at Morehouse College,
Benjamin Mays influenced him to become a minister, the president of Morehouse
College. (Smith 1). He studied theologies at Crozer Theological Seminary in
Chester, Pennsylvania, and at Boston University, where he earned a doctorate in
systematic theologies in 1955. (Carson 1). While he was completing his Ph. D.
requirements, Martin Luther King, Jr. decided to return to the south. He became
the pastor of Dextor Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Smith......

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