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EPISODE · Jan 21, 2019 · 6 MIN

How Martin Luther King Jr. got his name

from Retropod · host The Washington Post

The name on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth certificate was not Martin. Nor did the document include the middle name Luther.

The name on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth certificate was not Martin. Nor did the document include the middle name Luther.

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The name on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth certificate was not Martin. Nor did the document include the middle name Luther.

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