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English: FBI File 104-10125-10133 titled: Martin Luther King Jr., A Current Analysis.This document was originally classified as secret by the United States government with "total denial", which has since been declassified and released to the public in the 21st century.
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]
On June 26, 1985, King was arrested, along with his mother and his sister Bernice, while taking part in an anti-apartheid protest at the Embassy of South Africa in Washington, D.C. [8] On January 7, 1986, Martin Luther King III and his sisters were arrested for "disorderly conduct" by officers deployed to a Winn Dixie supermarket, which had been the subject of some protesting since September ...
The annual MLK parade in Wilmington will be held on his birthday
North Sacramento Martin Luther King Jr. March. When: Arrive by 8:30 a.m., Jan 16 Where: 1400 Grand Ave., Sacramento The Roberts Family Development Center is hosting an MLK march at Grant Union ...
In Arkansas: it was known as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday and Robert E. Lee's Birthday" from 1985 to 2017. Legislation in March 2017 changed the name of the state holiday to "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday" and moved the commemoration of Lee to October. In Idaho: "Martin Luther King Jr.–Idaho Human Rights Day". [28]
The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored on Monday at events around the nation.. The Civil Rights icon, whose work to end segregation and racism ...
King's first funeral took place on April 5, 1968, at R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis. After the shooting, King was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King's closest aides contacted Robert Lewis Jr.—a local funeral director who had first met King two days prior—to retrieve the body and prepare it for viewing.