Martin Luther King III

(1957-)

American civil rights activist

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Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights activist, philanthropist, and an advocate. The second child and eldest son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004. As of 2024, he is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia.

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Born	23 October 1957 (age 67) Montgomery, Alabama
Zodiac	Scorpio
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Michael Luther King Jr. · Father · 1929-1968 · American Baptist minister and civil rights leader info

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Coretta Scott King · Mother · 1927-2006 · American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. info

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Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King · m. 1953

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Yolanda King · Older Sister · 1955-2007 · American activist info

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Dexter Scott · Younger Brother · 1961- · Celebrity Baby info

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Bernice King · Younger Sister · 1963- · American minister and daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. info

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