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Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate. The elder son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004.
Alberta Christine Williams King (née Williams; September 13, 1904 – June 30, 1974) was an American civil rights organizer best known as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr.; and as the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and also as the grandmother of Martin Luther King III. She was the choir director of the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
In 2010, DNA testing on James's great-grandson, Martin III by 23andMe confirmed that the King's family Y-chromosome lineage originated from Ireland. [3] King married Delia Linsey (1875–1924) in 1895, and they both worked as sharecroppers , in Henry County and Clayton County in Georgia , and then Stockbridge, Georgia where they settled and ...
Martin Luther King III heads to his seat ahead of the service. King, 66, spoke about the tragedies that his family and the Kennedys each faced in 1968. Kerry Kennedy Speaks.
Martin Luther King III is Dr. King's eldest son and the second of Dr. King's four children. The first-born child, Yolanda King, died at 51 in 2007. Dr. King's other son, Dexter King, died Jan. 22 ...
The Buccaneers are hosting members of Martin Luther King Jr.’s family for tonight’s game on MLK Day. With us are MLK’s son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter: Martin Luther King III (center ...
Bernice said that while her mother loved roses, she did not have much time to tend to them because she was continuing her husband Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy. [41] On April 29, 2014, King and her brother Martin Luther King III joined Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal while he signed legislation to provide a statue of their father. [42] "We ...
Martin Luther King III, son of MLK Jr., spoke about his family's ties to the Kennedys. "I remember when Mrs. Kennedy came to our home with Sen. Kennedy in 1968 after my father was assassinated.