Just past noon on January 15, 1929, a son was born to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King in an upstairs bedroom of 501 Auburn Avenue, in Atlanta, Georgia. The couple named their first son after Rev. King, but he simply called “M.L.” by the family. During the next 12 years, the fine two stories Victorian home is where “M.L.” would live with his parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and their boarders. The home is located in residential section of “Sweet Auburn,” the center of black Atlanta. Two blocks west of the home is Ebenzer Bapist Church, pastorate of Martins grandfather and father. It was in these surroundings of the home of the home, church and neighborhood that “M.L.” experienced his childhood.
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