As the country aptly celebrates the second inauguration of President Barack Obama on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Breaking Celebrity News has a run down of the man who paved the way for so many African Americans after him.

1. Born in Atlanta, Georgia  on January 15, 1929, the 'M' in MLK originally stood for Michael, but when his reverend father changed his own name to Martin in honor of Protestant leader Martin Luther, his six-year-old protege's was altered too and the Martin Luther King Jr. legacy b