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Alberta Williams King

Mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1904–1974)

  • Fame51.3
  • Momentum2.5
  • Wikipedia6.6K
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Lived 1904–1974, aged 70United States
United StatesUnited States
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  • Era
    1904–1974
    Aged 70
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Updated 2026-08-19

Alberta Christine Williams King 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., and also as the grandmother of Martin Luther King III. She was the choir director of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. She was shot and killed in the church by 23-year-old Marcus Wayne Chenault six years after the assassination of her eldest son Martin Luther King Jr.

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