Martin Luther King Jr. "An individual does not begin to live until he can overcome the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to reach the broader concerns of all humanity." (S. King 17) These are the words made famous by a man who was one of the greatest civil rights leaders of our time. Michael Luther King Jr. was born in the city of Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. The second child of Michael Luther King Sr. and Alberta Christine Williams King, Michael would become one of the most respected civil rights leaders in the history of our country (no. 1). Michael lived a very sheltered childhood in a middle class family. His home was located in a white neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia (Dubovoy 113). Even the fact of being protected could not prevent him from experiencing some racist situations. All of his friends, and even his best friends, were white. One of King's worst racist experiences occurred in first grade. While playing with his friends outside, they suddenly turned on him and didn't want to play with him "because we're white and you're black." (Dubovoy 114) King was devastated and ran home in tears. It was his grandmother who was there to comfort him, explaining to him what racism was and telling him how African Americans fight for their freedom every day (Dubovoy 114). Michael's father was a self-made businessman, an activist and a pastor. of Ebenezer Baptist Church. His mother stayed at home and took care of him and his siblings. Michael Sr. had his own ways of expressing his feelings about segregation and had unorthodox methods of protesting segregation. Once, on his way to register to vote, Michael Sr. took the “whites only” elevator up to the registration booth. His father also has...... middle of paper ...... fights the leaders Author: Sina Dubovoy Publisher: Facts On File Inc. New York, NY 1997KING 1 The Papers Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Author: Martin Luther King Jr.Publisher: University Of California Press Berkley, CA 1983KING 2 The Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Author: Coretta Scott KingPublisher: New Market PressNew York, NY 1996Internet(#1)http://www.answers.com / topic/martin-luther-king-jr Author: N/APublisher: Answers 2006(#2)http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html Author: Mitchell BrownPublisher: LSU Library 1996( # 3)http://www.thekingcenter.org/mlk/bio.html Author: N/APublisher: The King Center 2004(#4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr. Author: N/APubeditor: WikipediaOTHERWorld Book 2000 Author: _______ Publisher: World Book Inc.Chicago, IL 2000