#OnThisDay in 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. King became one of the most prolific leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement and one of the most influential historical figures in American history. Born into a ministerial family, King attended segregated public schools in Georgia before attending Morehouse College. He went on to study theology and completed his doctorate at Boston University, where he met his future wife and key partner in activism, Coretta Sco