The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site consists of several buildings including Martin Luther King, Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father Martin Luther King, Sr. and he were pastors. These places, critical to the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, were included in the National Historic Site when it was established on October 10, 1980.