Martin Luther King Jr. Age, Net Worth, Wife, Family, Height and Biography

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Net Worth$0.25 Million
NameMartin Luther King Jr.
Date of Birth15 January 1929
Age39 Years Old
GenderMale

Martin Luther King Jr. Net Worth

$0.25 Million


Martin Luther King Jr. aka Michael King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist. As of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr.’s net worth is $0.25 million. From the year 1955 until his murder in the year 1968, he was also the most prominent speaker and leader in the American civil rights movement.

He achieved civil rights via nonviolence and civil disobedience, both of which were motivated by his Christian convictions and Mahatma Gandhi’s peaceful activity. He was the son of Martin Luther King Sr., an early civil rights leader, and clergyman.

Martin Luther King Jr. Wiki/Biography

Born on 15 January 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s age was 39 Years Old as of 1968. He was born and brought up in a rich-class Baptist family from Atlanta, Georgia, the United States. He was American by nationality and belief in Baptist religion.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

He completed his early education at the yonge street elementary school, and later at david t. howard elementary school. Later, he got into the booker t. washington high school in Georgia, the United States.

After that, he also enrolled himself at the morehouse college, crozer theological seminary, and later at the boston university in the United States from where he completed his higher studies. From the very beginning of his childhood, he was a great student. He had a practical mind from the very beginning.

NameMartin Luther King Jr.
Full NameMichael King Jr.
Net Worth$0.25 Million
Date of Birth15 January 1929
Date of Death4 April 1968
Age39 Years Old
Birth PlaceAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Death PlaceMemphis, Tennessee, United States
ProfessionBaptist Minister and Activist
NationalityAmerican
ReligionChristian
EthnicityAfrican-American Descent
HometownAtlanta, Georgia
Zodiac SignCapricorn
School/High SchoolYonge Street Elementary, School, U.S.
David T. Howard Elementary School, Unites States
Booker T. Washington High School, Georgia, United States
College/UniversityMorehouse College, U.S.
Crozer Theological Seminary, United States
Boston University, United States
Education QualificationGraduate

Family, Wife & Relationships

Martin Luther King Jr.’s parents are Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Martin Luther King Jr.’s father’s name was Martin Luther King Sr. who was American minister by profession.

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Father

Martin Luther King Jr.’s mother’s name was Alberta Williams King who played significant roles in the affairs of Ebenezer Baptist Church by profession.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Mother

He had two siblings. His sister’s name is Christine King Farris and brother’s name is A. D. King.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s marital status was married at the time of his death. In the year 1953, he married Coretta Scott who was author, activist and civil rights leader by profession.

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Martin Luther King Jr. with his Wife

He had four children. He had two sons named Martin Luther King III, Dexter King.

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Son (Martin Luther King III)
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Son (Dexter King)

His two daughters named Yolanda King, and Bernice King.

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family
Father NameMartin Luther King Sr.
Mother NameAlberta Williams King
Brother NameA. D. King
Sister NameChristine King Farris
WifeCoretta Scott
Marital StatusMarried
ChildrenMartin Luther King III (Son)
Dexter King (Son)
Yolanda King (Daughter)
Bernice King (Daughter)

Physical Appearance

Martin Luther King Jr. was an old-looking man with a charming personality. He owned a slim physique with nice body measurements and a normal body type.

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He was about 5 feet 9 inches in height and his body weight was around 64 Kg. He had short black color hair and also had dark black color eyes.

Height (Approx)in centimeters: 179 cm
in meters: 1.79 m
in feet inches: 5’ 9”
Weight (Approx)in kilograms: 64 kg
in pounds: 141 lbs
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack

Career

Martin Luther King Jr. started his career as a Baptist minister. Forcing a white man to give up his bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, in March 1955, Claudette Colvin, a fifteen-year-old black schoolgirl, defied Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation. Because it involved a child, E. D. Nixon, and Clifford Durr opted not to pursue the case.

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Nine months later, on 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat. The two incidents prompted Nixon’s and King’s Montgomery bus boycott.

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