Original: Martin Luther King, Sr. (December 19, 1899 - November 11, 1984) was a Baptist Religious missionary, an advocate for equal justice, an early civil rights leader, and the father of Martin Luther King, Jr./O.
Simplified: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. (December 19, 1899 â "November 11, 1984) was an African American civil rights activist and the father of Martin Luther King, Jr.. He was a Baptist minister.