r/todayilearned • u/onwhatcharges • 1d ago
TIL that Alberta King, Martin Luther King Jr's mother was shot and killed while playing the organ at a church service. Her killer was sentenced to death, however, the King family—consistent in their commitment to nonviolence—successfully campaigned to have his sentence commuted to life in prison.
https://www.dannydutch.com/post/alberta-king-the-quiet-force-behind-a-historic-legacy
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AllThatIsInteresting • u/dannydutch1 • Dec 16 '24
On the right is Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr. arrested for the murder of Alberta King, the mother of Martin Luther King Jr. at a church service in 1974. He was arrested for Alberta's murder and the murder of church deacon Edward Boykin.
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