Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), minister, activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was the preeminent leader of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Born Michael King, Jr., his name (along with that of his father) was changed at age 5 to Martin Luther King after his family made a trip to Germany. The name change was meant as a way of giving honor to the German Protestant leader Martin Luther. Some sources report that this was done due to a mistake on his birth certificate, but this is false.
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