margin-bottom: 10px; As a mother, Alberta worked diligently to instill a sense of self-respect within her three children. Writing to her from the Connecticut tobacco farm where he worked during the summer while a high school student, he requested, Mother dear, I want you to send me some fried chickens and rolls (Papers 1:116). background:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18);} He said his original target had been Martin Luther King Sr., but he had decided to shoot King's wife instead because she was near him. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. .navigation ul .current-menu-item > a, .navigation ul li a:hover{ } She later earned a teaching certificate at Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute (now Hampton University) in 1924. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. She gave birth to three children, Willie Christine, Martin and Alfred. On August 22, 1995, Chenault died at age 44 after suffering a stroke in prison. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Alberta King (9796)? Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. The book. A.D. was in the room directly beneath Martin at the Lorraine Hotel when the gun blast went off. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. } Photograph: Alberta and Martin Luther King Sr., Courtesy of Jim Peppler Collection, Alabama Department of Archives and History. We have set your language to Only because of the internet were we able to realize the amount of Black men and Women being gunned down by police, because they like to sweep those stories under the rug quickly. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Country: United States. Magazines, Digital Martin Luther King Sr.. Mrs. King was the churchs organist and that day she was excited about playing the new organ theyd just gotten. They killed my brother. -webkit-box-shadow: 0 14px 26px -12px rgba(255,255,255,0.42), 0 4px 23px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.12), 0 8px 10px -5px rgba(255,255,255,0.2);box-shadow: 0 14px 26px -12px rgba(255,255,255,0.42), 0 4px 23px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.12), 0 8px 10px -5px rgba(255,255,255,0.12)} color:#5a5d5a; Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'87Kr0rsjTgR2VNdK6YrPxg',sig:'ZblM-jzN1zei2KJf4qS-rEtSMKLsJUkWHZZh_nM7YZ8=',w:'471px',h:'594px',items:'161992532',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); One reason Alberta Kings murder isnt widely known, could be a reflection of the life she led. .read-more.read-more-slider a:hover{ And Alberta King would make sure to educate her children about the racially-divided world they lived in. Israel said that he was shocked and flabbergasted when he found out that Chenault had gotten arrested for the shooting, which he didnt denounce. if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; Martin Luther King Sr., mother of Alfred Daniel Williams King I (1930), Willie Christine King Farris (1927), and Rev. A.D. often traveled with Martin Luther King Jr. and was with him in Memphis on April 4, 1968 when his brother was shot dead. Mrs. King was Ebenezers organist (1932-1972), the organizer and president of Ebenezer Womens Committee (1950 1962), organist for the Womens Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention (1950 1962), and active in the organizations: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, and Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA). When I looked in their eyes I saw what is often described as the thousand-yard stare. It was a kind of blankness Id never seen before. } As a mother, Alberta worked diligently to instill a sense of self-respect within her three children. Alberta Williams King is a 69 years old American murder victim from Atlanta, Georgia. As the King Institute notes, she was a pillar of strength for the entire family when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. or 404 526-8968. All Rights Reserved. Literally maybe who walked with kings and queens, but retained the common touch., MLK Jr., an illustrious speaker and orator, was very close to his mother and would often write her when he was out of town. Alberta Kings family has described her as a crucial part of Martin Luther King Jr.s life, someone who explained the world to him, instilled him with self-respect, and altogether acted as an important role model. On June 30, 1974, Alberta King was killed at 69 years young. A small donation would help us keep this available to all. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. background:#0e0e0e; Alberta Christine Williams King (September 13, 1904 - June 30, 1974) was the mother of Martin Luther King, Jr.. . During Birmingham, A.D.s house was bombed the night before Mothers Day. li.mega-sub-item> ul.sub-menu >li >a:hover, li.mega-sub-item> ul.sub-menu >li >a:focus, line-height:48px; Alberta was president of the Ebenezer Women's Committee from 1950 to 1962. Outside of her work at Ebenezer, King was the organist for the Womens Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention from 1950 to 1962. She retired from official church duties in 1972. Jesse Jackson in Chicago, but canceled the plan at the last minute. Alberta Williams King, the mother of the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., but he shot Mrs. King instead because she was close to him.. line-height:22px; Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. [It was] without question the worst day of my life, Kings daughter Christine King Farris said, according to. Before attending Hampton, she met a young minister named Michael King (later Martin Luther King, Sr.) whom described Alberta as being "poised, gentle, an accomplished musician, scholarly." } On May 11, 1963, Kings house was bombed. She then enrolled in Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute (now Hampton University), where she obtained her teaching certificate in March of 1924. li.social-icon ul li a,ul.single-social-icon li a i{ Please contact Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), the exclusive licensor of the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. atlicensing@i-p-m.comor 404 526-8968. Alberta King was shot and killed on June 30, 1974, aged 69, by Marcus Wayne Chenault, a 23-year-old Black man from Ohio who had adopted the theology of the Black Hebrew Israelites. fbq('track', 'ViewContent', { As Mrs. King began playing The Lords Prayer on their new organ, the congregation bowed their heads in prayer. } However, unlike his brother, A. D. remained mostly outside the medias spotlight. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. During Sunday service, Mrs. King was sitting at the organ when she was struck with a bullet. [13] Chenault's mentor, Hananiah Israel of Cincinnati, castigated Black civil rights activists and Black church leaders as being evil and deceptive, but claimed in interviews not to have advocated violence. NAACP director, Roy Wilkins, expresses sadness at death of Alberta King, Martin Luther Kings Mother. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. After his brothers assassination in April 1968, there was speculation that A. D. might become the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Alfred Daniel Williams King was born on 30 July 1930, in Atlanta, Georgia. Sadly, the King familys tragedies didnt end there and Alberta Williams King would soon meet the same fate as her son. This is overt. However, Marcus Wayne Chenault shot Dr. King Jr.'s mother Alberta, as she sat at the organ in church (6/30/1974), He died on 8/22/1995 in hospital pic.twitter.com/GpO7VSY7QR, IG:NameIsAnonymous89 (@NameSherman) June 23, 2017, Marcus Chenault, Jr. was diagnosed as mentally ill. North America. We encourage you to research and examine these . } @media screen and (max-width: 1024px){ line-height:22px; As the gunman sprinted out the side door leading to Jackson Street, the sanctuary was chaotic. target_type: 'mix' } Alfred King was arrested along with King, Jr., and 70 others while participating in an October 1960 lunch-counter sit-in in Atlanta. Read an excerpt from Daddy King here on TIME.com. Im taking over this morning.. He said his original target had been Martin Luther King, Sr., but he had decided to shoot his wife instead because she was close to him. Explore historical records and family tree profiles about Alberta Williams on MyHeritage, the world's family history network. Shortly after completing school, Williams and King announced their engagement during Sunday services at Ebenezer Baptist Church. A family portrait of the Kings, taken in 1939. background:#f4c85e; His sentence was later reduced to life in prison, in part because of a campaign led by the King family. Mrs. King, a source of strength after her sons assassination, faced fresh tragedy the next year when her younger son and last-born child, Alfred Daniel Williams King I, who had become the assistant pastor at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, drowned in his pool. Advertisement. [18][19], Lewis V. Baldwin, The Voice of Conscience: The Church in the Mind of Martin Luther King, Jr (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, 27), Last edited on 16 December 2022, at 16:55, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, "Martin Luther King's mother slain in church: From the archive, 1 July 1974", "Birth Home - Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)", "Alberta Williams King receives BA from Morris Brown College", "I Gave Marcus the Key" Dayton Daily News, July 3, 1974, pp.1, 15, "M. W. Chenault, 44, Gunman Who Killed Mother of Dr. King", The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr. Volume I: Called to Serve, January 1929-June 1951 (University of California Press, 1992) Introduction, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York: Warner Book, 1998) Chapter 1 edited by Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King, Jr., "Autobiography of Religious Development," 22 November 1950, Stanford University biography of Alberta King, African American registry article on the death of Alberta King, The King Center biography of Martin Luther King, Jr, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alberta_Williams_King&oldid=1127784363, This page was last edited on 16 December 2022, at 16:55. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by a gunman named James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. background:#f4c85e; The King family later moved to a large yellow brick house three blocks away. /*inline margin*/ Along with being longtime church organist, she founded and trained the Ebenezer choir and served as organizer and president of the Ebenezer Woman's Council fro! Martin Luther King Sr.; Jesse Jackson; Alberta Williams King; and Christine King Farris at her Spelman College commencement. As one of his associates said, Not being in the limelight never seemed to affect him, but because he stayed in the background, many people never knew that he was deeply involved, too. A.D. tended to stay in his brothers shadow and many people never even knew that Martin Luther King Jr. had a brother. Because the local school board at the time did not allow married women in the classroom, King taught only briefly before her marriage at Ebenezer on Thanksgiving Day 1926. Sr. She was just a remarkable human being, her grandson Martin Luther King III told Atlanta TV station, . border-left: 5px solid #f4c85e; Oops, something didn't work. Alberta Williams would sit on the porch of 501 Auburn Avenue . Failed to remove flower. In spite of her relatively comfortable circumstances, my mother never complacently adjusted herself to the system of segregation, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, according to the, How Alberta Williams King Died At The Hands Of A Gunman. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Adam Daniel Williams and Jennie Williams in Atlanta, Georgia on September 13, 1904. Next to First Road paralleling Jonesboro Road, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9796/alberta-christine-king. } font-size:38px; Please enter your email and password to sign in. After the death of Martin, A. D. King returned to Ebenezer Baptist Church, where in September 1968 he was installed as co-pastor. He shot her again. Free shipping for many products! border: 1px solid #f4c85e; color:#999; Drag images here or select from your computer for Alberta Christine Mama King Williams King memorial. [5] The King family lived in the home until King's mother's death from a heart attack in 1941, when Martin Jr. turned 12 years old. currency: 'USD', After her graduation Williams announced at the church her engagement to Michael King (who would later change his name to Martin Luther), who she met before she left for Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute. Her actions and efforts at Ebenezer Baptist church were a significant but usually overlooked part of the civil rights campaign. Williams attended high school at Spelman Seminary and went on to enroll in Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute, where she obtained her teaching certificate. Shortly after completing school the couple announced their engagement at Ebenezer. Then she said the words that almost every Negro hears before he can yet understand the injustice that makes them necessary: You are as good as anyone. At this time Mother had no idea that the little boy in her arms would years later be involved in a struggle against the system she was speaking of.. border: 1px solid #f4c85e; 20072023 Blackpast.org. She was shot and killed in the church six years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Alberta Christine Williams was born on September 13, 1904, to Reverend Adam Daniel Williams, at the time pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and Jennie Celeste (Parks) Williams. .loader { Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Alberta received her education in Atlanta and attended high school at Spelman Seminary (now Spelman College). n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; Chenault stated that he shot King because all Christians are my enemies, and claimed that he had decided that black ministers were a menace to black people. placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails', } She and Boykin died shortly after the attack, stunning their congregation and their families. p.192 Hed seemed unusually quietand not very interested in the film. Just 6 years prior in 1968, Mrs. Kings son, MLK Jr., was assassinated and the very next year, her other son, Rev. [6], The King's first child, daughter Willie Christine King, was born on September 11, 1927. .flex-slider.button-three .read-more.read-more-slider a:hover{ Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Alberta remained close to King, Jr. throughout her life. The New York Times reported that Chenault told the police that his mission was to kill the Rev. During the commotion, King said that Chenault took aim at Mrs. King again, who was on the floor screaming and bleeding. [6] The house the family subsequently moved to was located nearby (it has since been torn down). Theres no question. Her youngest. .mega >ul.sub-menu>li.mega-sub-item>a, .mega .thunk-widget-menu .widget h2.widgettitle, .mega .thunk-widget-menu .widget .recent-post h4.widgettitle,.navigation .mega >ul.sub-menu>li.mega-sub-item>a{ Your Scrapbook is currently empty. She and Michael King, then a young preacher, married on Thanksgiving Day in 1926. On June 30, 1974, as Alberta played "The Lord's Prayer" during Sunday services at Ebenezer, she was shot along with a deacon of the church by a mentally deranged Marcus Chenault, a twenty-one-year old man from Ohio who claimed that "all Christians are my enemies." border-color:#f4c85e; King remembered his childhood as one of harmony spent in a very congenial home situation, with parents who always lived together very intimately (Papers 1:360). A. D. was the third child of Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King, Sr. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. (L-R) Alberta Williams King, her son Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MK Jr.s wife Coretta Scott King during MLKs conference at the hospital after being stabbed in 1958 (Getty) The Remarkable Life And Death Of Alberta Williams King, The Mother Of Martin Luther King. !function(c,h,i,m,p){m=c.createElement(h),p=c.getElementsByTagName(h)[0],m.async=1,m.src=i,p.parentNode.insertBefore(m,p)}(document,"script","https://chimpstatic.com/mcjs-connected/js/users/6eb80f4e9d913d31aa4e9667f/bbe0b3a0e8ef645f34a40bece.js"); Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. She and Michael had three children together Willie Christine, Martin (born Michael), and Alfred Daniel in the Atlanta home where King had grown up. line-height:48px; An insider who spoke to Page Six claims that King Charles began the eviction process the day after Harry's memoir, Spare, came out in January. During his arraignment in court, Chenault blamed his murderous actions on a split personality- a Hebrew he called Servant Jacob. When asked about the shooting, Chenault said Im a Hebrew and was sent here on a mission and its partially accomplished. When Mrs. Kings husband, Martin Luther King, Sr., asked Chenault why he killed her, he replied: Because she was a Christian and all Christians are my enemies. Chenault also claimed that months prior to the shooting, hed determined that Black ministers were a menace to black people and must be killed.. According to testimony from the trial, Chenault, who was seated about 4 feet from the organ, fired his gun at Mrs. King. She was also a talented musician who became the choir organist and director . Alberta King was shot and killed on June 30, 1974, at age 69 by Marcus Wayne Chenault, a 23-year-old black man from Ohio, as she sat at the organ of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Kings are firmly against the death penalty, so they pushed to have his death sentence tossed, in exchange for life in prison. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital Im gonna find out who did it, he told someone on the phone, within hearing distance of his daughter Alveda. During the commotion, King said that Chenault took aim at Mrs. King again, who was on the floor screaming and bleeding. His father, Martin Luther King, Sr., said in his autobiography, Alveda had been up the night before, she said, talking with her father and watching a television movie with him. border: 1px solid #f4c85e; color:#494bbc!important; Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Thats when Marcus Wayne Chenault, Jr. struck. Born on Sept. 13, 1903, in Atlanta, Georgia, Alberta Christine Williams spent her early life deeply involved in the church. In spite of her relatively comfortable circumstances, my mother never complacently adjusted herself to the system of segregation, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, according to the King Institute. I am tired of all this! Four years later, as a first-year student at Crozer, he wrote his mother, I met a fine chick in Phila who has gone wild over the old boy (Papers 1:161). The email does not appear to be a valid email address. content:'Main Menu'; letter-spacing:0.4px; } "[4], During this period King continued her studies at Morris Brown College, receiving a BA in 1938. } Though Alberta Williams King is often viewed as a footnote to the Martin Luther King Jr. story, she played a crucial role in shaping her son's thinking about race in America. He was in the fetal position. Two weeks later he set out for Atlanta, where he shot Alberta King with two handguns as she sat at the organ of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. .post_pagi a i:hover{ line-height:48px; Alberta Williams King. background:#f4c85e; } } Copyright 2021 - PureHistory.org. [4], Williams met Martin L. King (then known as Michael King), whose sister Woodie was boarding with her parents, shortly before she left for Hampton. 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