Often mistaken to be a parsonage, the house where Dr. King was born was owned by the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, not the church itself. Reverand Williams and his wife bought the house in 1909. His daughter Alberta married Dr. King’s father (then named Michael King) in 1926, and the couple moved into this house. His son Michael was born in 1929. Michael King Sr took over the church when Reverand Williams died in 1931. In 1934, he travelled to Berlin for the Baptist World Alliance Congress in 1934, and while there, ended up studying the life and works of Martin Luther. When he returned home, he legally changed both his name, and his son’s, to Martin Luther King.
The home is now a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park and is administered by the US National Park Service. Tours of the home conducted by Park Rangers are sometimes available.
Those who figured out that we dumped the New Years theme and went here before the hint were:
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