Intimate photographs of the civil rights leader and his family brought to you by the photo editors of TIME.
Rare Photos of Martin Luther King at Home
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The Kings at Home Born in Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. moved to Montgomery, Ala., with his new wife Coretta in 1955 after King accepted a position as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. King met Coretta while he was studying for his Ph.D. at Boston University and they were married in June 1953. Yolanda, their first child, above, was born in November 1955.