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What made Martin Luther King adopt the name of a 16th-century monk?

The Reverend Lucy Winkett recalls the trip to Germany that inspired an American pastor to add "Luther" not just to his name, but to that of his five-year-old son, Martin King Jnr. The rest is history...

This clip features in Breaking Free: Martin Luther's Revolution, a week-long season of programmes that explore the Protestant Reformation and its consequences for the society, religion art and culture of today.

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