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Alberta Williams King was the wife of Martin Luther King Sr. and the mother of Martin Luther King Jr. She was a civil rights organizer, choir director, and was murdered in 1974 by a Black Hebrew Israelite preacher.
Alberta Williams King was the mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a prominent figure in Ebenezer Baptist Church. She was shot and killed in 1974 by a man who claimed to hate Christians.
- The Early Life of Alberta Williams
- How MLK’s Mother Influenced His Thinking
- How Alberta Williams King Died at The Hands of A Gunman
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Born on Sept. 13, 1903, in Atlanta, Georgia, Alberta Christine Williams spent her early life deeply involved in the church. Her father, Adam Daniel Williams, was the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he’d grown the congregation from 13 people in 1893 to 400 by 1903, per the King Institute. As a young woman, King seemed determined to seek an ...
Martin Luther King Jr. credits his mother with forming his early thinking about race relations in the United States. “In spite of her relatively comfortable circumstances, my mother never complacently adjusted herself to the system of segregation,” Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, according to the King Institute. “She instilled a sense of self-respect...
By the time Alberta Williams King showed up at Ebenezer Baptist Church on June 30, 1974, she had suffered a number of tragedies. Alongside the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, she’d also lost her youngest son, A.D. King, who drowned in his pool in 1969. And on that fateful day in 1974, she’d lose her own life to a gunman. As Then Gu...
Alberta Williams King was a pastor's daughter, a civil rights activist, and a mother who influenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s thinking about race. She was killed by a gunman in 1974, six years after her son's assassination.
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She was college-educated, lead the choir, played the church organ, and served as a proud member of the NAACP and several organizations that focused on social...
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18 de jan. de 2021 · Her power ultimately made its mark on her son, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who is regarded as the most esteemed minister and civil rights leader in U.S. history, a legacy that extends beyond his...
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15 de jan. de 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.
5 de jun. de 2021 · Alberta Williams King was the wife of Martin Luther King Sr., mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and a leader in Ebenezer Baptist Church and the civil rights movement. She was assassinated in 1974 at Ebenezer by a gunman who shot her while she played the organ.
