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According to all accounts, the name on Martin Luther King's birth certificate is Michael and there is no evidence that he changed it. He didn't pick the name Martin Luther out of the air, however. It was the name his father used and claimed to have given to his son. According to Africana.com, Martin Luther King, Sr. said that his son's given name was Martin Luther but that the doctor who delivered him put "Michael" on the birth certificate, something he didn't know until much later. Until adulthood, Martin Luther King, Jr. was known as "M.L." or "Michael." Original site: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/mlk.htm
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He didn't. What do you think he changed it to?
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He had the Martin Luther King Jr part from birth. He added the Dr. part after he got his doctoral degree (I believe it was in theology).
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He became a doctor, so adding doctor to his name was a judgement call on his part.
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Don't think he did, If you are asking about the US civil rights leader He was MLK Jr. some times its the custom to drop the JR after the Sr (his father in this case) has died.
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His birth name was Michael but he changed it to Martin to have the name of his father.
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He was named after his father and they both changed there name at the same time. It was michael, before they changed it to martin.
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ummm actually you're both wrong :p him and his father travelled to Europe in the 1930's and took the name of Revered Martin Luther. The founder of the "Lutheran Church"
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Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King's father was born "Michael King", and Martin Luther King, Jr., was originally named "Michael King, Jr.", until the family traveled to Europe in 1934 and visited Germany. His father soon changed both of their names to Martin in honor of the German Protestant Martin Luther.
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His father changed his name and his son's name: He was the son of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King's father was born "Michael King", and Martin Luther King, Jr., was originally named "Michael King, Jr.", until the family traveled to Europe in 1934 and visited Germany. His father soon changed both of their names to Martin in honor of the German Protestant Martin Luther.
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As per Wikipedia: King's father was born "Michael King", and Martin Luther King, Jr., was originally named "Michael King, Jr.", until the family traveled to Europe in 1934 and visited Germany. His father soon changed both of their names to Martin in honor of the German Protestant Martin Luther.
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