Martin Luther King Jr.: A Good Childhood Growing Up

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Martin Luther King, Jr. had a good childhood growing up. First of all, King was born in Atlanta, Georgia and he was born in 1928 on January 15 at his family home (Carson 13). He lived, with many family members which included his parents Martin Luther King Sr., and his mother Alberta Williams King, his two siblings Christine and Alfred Daniel Williams King (Carson 18). King took piano lessons in his childhood. King loved playing football and basketball (King 3). When Martin Luther King, Jr., was a teenager he had never been able to accept the fact about having to go to the back of a bus. It would always be crammed in the bus if you were black. If a white person wanted to sit where you were, you would have to stand up and move to a different

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