Martin Luther King Jr was born Jan. 15,1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.He entered a public school at age 5. In May 1936 he was baptized.When King was born his grandmother Jennie died of a heart attack.King jumped from a second story window at the family home, allegedattempting suicide. King went to Booker T. Washington High Schooland skipped the 9th and the 11th grades. King entered the MarehouseCollege in Atlanta, Georgia at age 15 in 1944. He also took bibleclasses.