While pursuing doctoral studies, King worked as an assistant minister at Boston's historic Twelfth Baptist Church with Rev. Brightman and, upon the latter's death, by Lotan Harold DeWolf) titled A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman.
degree on June 5, 1955, with a dissertation (initially supervised by Edgar S. King began doctoral studies in systematic theology at Boston University and received his Ph.D. King's parents were both African-American, and he also had Irish ancestry through his paternal great-grandfather. The elder King would later state that 'Michael' was a mistake by the attending physician to his son's birth, and the younger King's birth certificate was altered to read 'Martin Luther King Jr.' in 1957. The BWA conference issued a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, and the senior King gained deepened appreciation for the power of Luther's protest. While visiting sites associated with reformation leader, Martin Luther, attendees also witnessed the rise of Nazism.
The senior King was inspired during a trip to Germany for that year's meeting of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). King's given name at birth was Michael King, and his father was also born Michael King, but, after a period of gradual transition on the elder King's part, he changed both his and his son's names in 1934. King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr.
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