Alberta Williams King

Alberta Williams King
King c. 1960s
Born
Alberta Christine Williams

(1904-09-13)September 13, 1904
DiedJune 30, 1974(1974-06-30) (aged 69)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Cause of deathMurder
Resting placeSouth-View Cemetery
EducationSpelman Seminary
Hampton University
Morris Brown College (BA)
Spouse
(m. 1926)
ChildrenChristine
Martin Jr.
Alfred

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. 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.[1]

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