Happy Martin Luther King Day!
At the young age of five, seven, ten and eleven, the children of Martin Luther King abruptly had their father taken away from them.
With his great values, wisdom and knowledge instilled in them, where has that led his children today.
At the young age of five, seven, ten and eleven, the children of Martin Luther King abruptly had their father taken away from them.
With his great values, wisdom and knowledge instilled in them, where has that led his children today.
Martin Luther King III (53)
In 1998, King became the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights group founded by his father. He was suspended for a week by the organization's board members due to concern that he wasn't moving quickly enough. King left the SCLC in January 2004 to serve as director and co-owner of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change with his brother, Dexter Scott King.In 2006, King founded an organization called Realizing the Dream, which works to end poverty. King is married to Arndrea Waters King, and together they have one daughter, who was born in 2008
Bernice King (47)
MLK Jr.'s youngest daughter is a motivational speaker, licensed attorney and ordained minister. In 2009, Reverend Bernice King was elected as the first woman president of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Dexter Scott King (49)Dexter Scott King has spent his life trying to shape how the world remembers his father -- sometimes in a way that's at odds with what his siblings want.
"He has always thought he had the responsibility of
communicating his father’s and mother’s legacy globally," explained Andrew Young, Martin Luther King Jr.'s lieutenant, during a controversy about the film that Dexter tried to have made about his father in 2009. A film about his father is Dexter's longtime goal, Young also said.
Dexter, who lives in Malibu, has played his slain father in movies such as the The Rosa Parks Story.
"He has always thought he had the responsibility of
communicating his father’s and mother’s legacy globally," explained Andrew Young, Martin Luther King Jr.'s lieutenant, during a controversy about the film that Dexter tried to have made about his father in 2009. A film about his father is Dexter's longtime goal, Young also said.
Dexter, who lives in Malibu, has played his slain father in movies such as the The Rosa Parks Story.
Yolanda King (November 17, 1955; 51 at death)
Yolanda King was the eldest of the King children. She wrote and produced plays, gave motivational speeches to major corporations and acted in commercials and movies.
King founded a theatrical production company, Higher Ground Productions, dedicated to what she called "personal empowerment" and was on the board of the King Center. Ms. King was meeting her brother Dexter King at a friend’s home in Santa Monica, Calif. when she collapsed and died
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