Historical FigureFemale
Alberta Williamsová Kingová
1904 – 1974
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryAlberta 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
September 13, 1904
Atlanta
Date of death
June 30, 1974
Atlanta
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
teacher
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