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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.
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.
Nov 24, 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.
Jun 28, 2012 · On June 30, 1974, Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr. fired every round in his gun, hitting Alberta Williams King, church deacon Edward Boykin, and congregation member Jimmie Mitchell.
Jan 18, 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...
Jan 15, 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.
Jun 5, 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. Williams, born September 13, 1904, to Reverend Adam Danial Williams, minister of Ebenezer Baptist ...
African-American church organist and mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. Name variations: Mama King. Born Alberta Christine Williams in 1903; assassinated in 1974; daughter of Reverend Adam Daniels Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church; married Martin Luther King, Sr. (b. 1899, a prominent Baptist preacher); children: Martin Luther King, Jr ...
Alberta Christine Williams—daughter of Jennie Celeste and A. D. Williams—is born in Atlanta.
Feb 2, 2024 · Daughter of an Atlanta minister, Alberta Williams King was raised in Ebenezer Baptist Church, gave birth to the Civil Rights movement and suffered a series of unspeakable tragedies late in life.
