Martin Luther King Junior still lives as the face of the historical movement for civil rights.

As we start February and Black History Month,

I want to glean a couple familial lessons from the King family which raised him.

Martin Luther King Jr. was not the first in his family line to fight for civil rights.

His parents, and his father in particular, were active civic and ecclesial leaders from their positions as pastors’ of Ebenezer Baptist church. Martin Luther King Sr. was a respected advocate of equality in both the black and white community of Atlanta where they lived.

Martin Luther King Jr. inherited a fight as a part of his family inheritance.

Every child deserves the same. We do not define the call on the individual lives of our children, but we can introduce them to the bigger social challenges they and their family are positioned to influence.