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3 giorni fa · Alberta Williams King was born in 1904, the only surviving child of Jennie Celeste Williams and Adam Daniel Williams, who served as pastor of Ebenezer from 1893 until he died in 1931.
1 giorno fa · Alberta Williams King, the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died on June 30, 1974, six years after he son was assassinated in Memphis.
5 giorni fa · The world stopped when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, but few people know that his mother, Alberta King, was assassinated while she played the organ at Ebenezer ...
1 giorno fa · Alberta King, the longtime musical director of Ebenezer, was to start with “The Lord’s Prayer.” On that morning, the congregation closed their eyes and bowed their heads as she began to play. Having denounced Christianity, 23-year-old Marcus Wayne Chenault walked into Ebenezer with two guns with the intention of killing the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
3 giorni fa · On Saturday night, her daughter Christine and two of her grandchildren stopped by to bring some dinner, but she had been restless all night and had trouble sleeping. King Sr., known affectionately as “Daddy King,” was scheduled to fly to New Jersey that afternoon, and she always worried when he traveled.
5 giorni fa · Martin Luther King, Jr., grew up as the middle child of Michael (later Martin Luther) King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. His father was the minister of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta—the same church where Martin Luther King, Jr., would eventually minister.
1 giorno fa · This time, “The Lord’s Prayer” came at the end. Fifty years ago, on June 30, 1974, as Alberta King, the mother of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., signaled the beginning of church services at Ebenezer Baptist Church with the playing of the “The Lord’s Prayer” on ...
