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Alberta Christine Williams King (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. She was the choir director of the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
September 13, 1903 to June 30, 1974. Alberta Williams King, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta in 1903, the only surviving child of Jennie Celeste Williams and Adam Daniel Williams, pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
24 nov 2022 · The mother of Martin Luther King Jr., Alberta Williams King was a church choir director and activist who was tragically shot to death in 1974.
15 gen 2021 · Alberta King, the mother of Martin Luther King Jr.'s mother, was crucial to the civil rights movement. On MLK Day, we should celebrate her, too.
On 13 September 1903, she gave birth at home to their only surviving child, Alberta Christine Williams, the mother of King, Jr. During the early years of the century, the family lived in several houses in the Auburn Avenue area, which was then home to both whites and blacks.
18 gen 2021 · To understand and appreciate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it’s important to understand the legacy of his mother, Mrs. Alberta Williams King, an academic (she attended Spellman...
5 giu 2021 · On June 30, 1974, six years after her son, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, Alberta King was assassinated at Ebenezer Baptist Church by Marcus Wayne Chenault, a 23-year-old black Hebrew Israelite.
