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On this date in 1974, Mrs. Alberta Williams King, the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed. The murder happened as Mrs. King sat at the organ in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Suddenly, Marcus Wayne Chenault, 23, opened fire with two revolvers. "I'm tired of all this!" he screamed. He wounded three people, two of them, Mrs. King and Deacon Edward Boykin, died.
Alberta Williams King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr., lived a life of deep faith punctuated by deep anguish; she lost both sons tragically and then was shot dead in 1974.
Jan 11, 2019 · OSLO, NORWAY, Dec. 10, 1964—Martin Luther King, displays his Nobel Peace Prize medal. (Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images) From 1954 until his death in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement in America, and rightly so. He was a rousing orator and a powerful proponent of social change through ...
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Apr 3, 2014 · His parents were Michael Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. The Williams and King families had roots in rural Georgia. Martin’s maternal grandfather, A.D. Williams, was a rural minister ...
Alberta W. King. *Alberta Williams King was born on this date in 1904. She was a Black educator, instrumentalist, and administrator. Alberta Christine Williams was born in Atlanta, GA. Her parents were Reverend Adam Daniel Williams, preacher of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and Jennie Celeste (Parks) Williams.
Apr 1, 2016 · Alberta Williams King. Alberta Christine Williams King (September 13, 1904 – June 30, 1974) was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s mother and the wife of Martin Luther King, Sr. She played a significant role in the affairs of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. She was shot and killed in the church six years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
