he was the first son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. The kings also gave birth to Christine king and the Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King. King's maternal grandparents were the Reverend Adam Daniel Williams, second pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Jenny Parks Williams. ... King was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. ... On March 9, 1969, before coming to trial, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ninety-nine years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. ...

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The second child of Martin Luther King Sr. (1899-1984), a pastor, and Alberta Williams King (1904-1974), a former schoolteacher, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. Along with his older sister, the future Christine King Farris (born 1927), and younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King (1930-1969), he grew up in the city's Sweet Auburn neighborhood, then home. to some of the most prominent and prosperous African Americans in the country (History.com). ... Held on August 28 and attended by some 200,000 to 300,000 participants, the event is widely reg...

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He was born on January 15th, 1929, to Alberta Christine Williams and Martin Luther King, Sr. ... Williams (Alberta's father) at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. After 37 years of pastoring, Reverend Williams died of a heart attack, passing the pastorship onto Martin Luther King, Sr. ... Their first child was Christine King, followed by Martin Luther King, Jr., and ending with Alfred Daniel Williams King III. ... King was shot April 4th, 1968 while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. ...

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A.D Williams. In 1906, along with W.E.B Du Bois, Williams helped create the Georgia Equal Rights League; a civil rights group formed to stop lynching and segregation (Garrow). ... In 1917 Williams formed the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP. ... At the age of thirty-nine, Martin Luther King was assented in 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. ...

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A.D Williams. In 1906, along with W.E.B Du Bois, Williams helped create the Georgia Equal Rights League; a civil rights group formed to stop lynching and segregation (Garrow). ... In 1917 Williams formed the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP. ... At the age of thirty-nine, Martin Luther King was assented in 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. ...

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The two proud parents were Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and, Alberta Williams King. ... He was in Memphis, Tennessee to help lead sanitation workers in a protest against intolerable working conditions and better wages. ... His sentence was to serve ninety nine years in Tennessee State Penitentiary. ...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both fighting the same war for the same people. Their methods were different but both achieved, in time, what they were trying to bring across. Never did they back down from their beliefs or compromised them. They were the embodiment of integrity. King a...

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