Martin Luther King Jr. didn't just wake up one morning and say, "I want to change the world." He knew it didn't work that way. Martin Luther King Jr. worked his entire life trying to earn the rights he should have had in the first place. While many people say King Jr.'s desire to take a stand for civil rights began after hearing about Rosa Parks, it started much earlier. King Jr. knew from a young age that he should have been treated better and with respect. His father was one of King Jr.'s role models and leaders. He learned from his father to take a stand on something if you believe it is the right thing to do. Over the years, Martin Luther King Jr. shared some of his most important memories that he will never forget. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 as Michael King Junior in Atlanta, Georgia to the Rev. Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams. King. At the age of five, he and his father were registered as Martin Luther King and Martin Luther King Jr. At the age of 15, Martin Luther was accepted into Morehouse College in Atlanta. His father was a representative there. Martin Luther King Jr. became a priest at Ebenezer Baptist Church; his father's church. He later began studying at Crozet Theological College located in Pennsylvania. He graduated there in 1951 (deGegory 302). King Jr., like most boys, looked up to his father. One memory she shared of her father was seeing him as fearless. He said he remembered one day in a shoe shop with his father (Mwita 197). While young King Jr. and his father were in a shoe store, a shoe clerk approached them to serve them, but the clerk would only serve them if they moved to the back of the store. This… medium… led to a new Civil Rights Act passed just one week after the death of Martin Luther King Jr.. Today we celebrate his memory and the legacy he left behind with the Martin Luther King Jr. . Day (deGregory 108). Works Cited by Gregory, Crystal A. “Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-68) Freedom Facts and First: 400 Years of the Historical Reference Center of the African American Civil Rights Experience. 2009. P302. 2p. Web.Miller, Ronald Mellado. “Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader” Western Journal of Black Studies. Autumn 2009. vol. 33 Number 3. P228-229 2p. Web.Mwita, Mahiri. “The Lifestyle and Social Interest of Martin Luther King Jr. in His Early Autobiographical Memoirs.” Journal of Individual Psychology. Summer 2004. vol. 60 Number 2, page. 191-203. 13p.Web.Samuels, Allison. "A man, not a monument" Newsweek, 04/14/2008. vol. 151 Number 15. P.37. 2/3 p.