Did Martin Luther King fight in the Second World War?

Rev. Martin Luther King (born Michael King) was born in 1899. He changed his name, and that of his oldest son in 1934 in honor of the founder of the Protestant movement. Neither Rev. King, Sr, or Dr. King, Jr, participated in combat. 14.3k Views · View Upvoters · promoted by TruthFinder · Have you ever googled yourself? read more

Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in 1929. That would’ve made him 12 years old when the USA entered the war in 1941, and 16 in 1945. He would’ve been too young to serve. read more

Martin Luther King speaks against the Vietnam War at the University of Minnesota. (Wikimedia Commons) Martin Luther King Jr. was not just the safe-for-all-political-stripes civil-rights activist he is often portrayed as today. read more

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, delivers a speech entitled “Beyond Vietnam” in front of 3,000 people at Riverside Church in New York City. In it, he says that there is a common link forming between the civil rights and peace movements. read more