Ancestry of Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Martin Luther King
- Mother:
- Alberta Christine Williams
- Birth Date:
- 15 Jan 1929
- Birth Location:
- Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 4 Apr 1968
- Death Location:
- Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia
- Notes:
Civil Rights Leader
He was born Michael L. King, Jr., but his father changed both of their names to Martin Luther King.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Marriages for Martin Luther King Jr.
- Spouse:
- Coretta Scott
- Marriage Date:
- 18 Jun 1953
- Marriage Location:
- Marion, Perry, Alabama
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Sources for Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1 Federal Census, GA, Fulton County, 1940, Atlanta, E.D. 160-241, Sheet 13B, Image 27 of 44.
- 2 Federal Census, GA, Fulton County, 1930, Atlanta, E.D. 61-63, Sheet 20A, Image 33 of 35.
- 3 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/17/2018).
- 4 AfricanAncestry.com, "AfricanAncestry.com Unlocks Ancestral Roots of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Marcus Garvey using DNA and . . .", (accessed 04/06/2018).
- 5 Butler, Jonathan deBurca, "We had a dream ... he's one of us", 18 JAN 2013, Irish Examiner, https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/we-had-a-dream-hes-one-of-us-219916.html, (accessed 03/17/2018).
- 6 King, Naomi Ruth Barber, A. D. and M. L. King: Two Brothers Who Dared to Dream, Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse LLC (2014), family tree in back part of book.
- 7 National Archives at Atlanta, From the Roots of a Tree: The Genealogy of Martin Luther King, Jr., (accessed 03/17/2018).
- 8 Smolenyak, Megan, "Martin Luther King Day Could Have Been Michael Luther Branham Day", 06 DEC 2017, Huffpost, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/martin-luther-king-name_b_2499576.html, (accessed 03/17/2018).
- 9 Wikipedia, "Martin Luther King Jr.", (accessed 03/17/2018).