2006-11-15 03:43:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
he said himself
"I had been known as Michael Luther King or "Mike" up until I was 22 . . . when one day my father, James Albert King, told me: 'You aren't named Mike or Michael either. Your name is Martin Luther King. Your mother just called you Mike for short.' I was elated to know that I had really been named for the great leader of the Protestant Reformation, but there was no way of knowing if papa had made a mistake after all. Neither of my parents could read or write and they kept no record of ***** births in our backwoods county . . . I gladly accepted Martin Luther King as my real name and when M.L. was born, I proudly named him Martin Luther King, Jr. But it was not until 1934, when I was seeking my first passport . . . that I found out that Dr. Johnson, who delivered M.L., had listed him in the city records as Michael Luther King, Jr., because he thought that was my real name
2006-11-15 03:51:44 · answer #1 · answered by bethanyann378 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He says
"I had been known as Michael Luther King or "Mike" up until I was 22 . . . when one day my father, James Albert King, told me: 'You aren't named Mike or Michael either. Your name is Martin Luther King.
2006-11-15 13:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by mikle8582 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he didn't that I know of....Martin Luther King, Jr.
2006-11-15 11:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by La Reina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know that he did.
Dr. King was a great American.
2006-11-15 11:46:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋