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Alberta Williams King

Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (died 1974)

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Born
September 13, 1904
Died
June 30, 1974
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1904

About Alberta Williams King

Alberta 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. King founded the Ebenezer choir and served as church organist from 1932 to 1972. Alberta Williams graduated from high school at the Spelman Seminary, and earned a teaching certificate at the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute, now Hampton University in 1924.

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Alberta Williams King timeline

  1. Alberta Williams graduated from high school at the Spelman Seminary, and earned a teaching certificate at the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute, now Hampton University in 1924.
  2. King founded the Ebenezer choir and served as church organist from 1932 to 1972.

The world when Alberta Williams King was born

Alberta Williams King was born in 1904. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1904

  • Best-selling book"The Crossing" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Olympic Games in the Americas (St. Louis)
  • Top headlineRusso-Japanese War begins
  • Technology milestoneNew York subway opens
  • World population~1.64B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population81.8M

1904 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alberta Williams King's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19042026
Population81.8M341 million

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