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He was the father and namesake of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King was a member of the Baptist Church and decided to become a preacher after being inspired by ministers who were prepared to stand up for racial equality. He was boarding with Reverend A. Williams, then pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. After King started courting Williams' daughter, Alberta , her family encouraged him to finish his education and to become a preacher.

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King completed his high school education at Bryant Preparatory School, and began to preach in several black churches in Atlanta. In , King started his ministerial degree at the Morehouse School of Religion. On Thanksgiving Day in , after eight years of courtship, he married Alberta in the Ebenezer Church. With the country in the midst of the Great Depression, church finances were struggling, but King organized membership and fundraising drives that restored these to health.

By , King had become a widely respected leader of the local church. That year, he also changed his name and that of his eldest son from Michael King to Martin Luther King after a period of gradual transition on his own part. While visiting sites associated with reformation leader Martin Luther , attendees also witnessed the rise of Nazism.

Whilst the BWA conference issued a resolution condemning antisemitism , the senior King gained deepened appreciation for the power of Luther's protest.

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King was the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church for four decades, wielding great influence in the black community and earning some degree of respect from the white community. He encouraged his son to become active in the movement. He said, "I guess the influence of my father also had a great deal to do with my going in the ministry.