Favoured sisters biography of martin luther king

The world lost Martin Luther King Jr. far too early, but his legacy lives on, especially family members of his still active in the public sphere.

In fact, one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s siblings is still alive.

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The Civil Rights Movement icon — whose legacy is honored on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this Monday, Jan.

17 — was the middle child of three siblings. His younger brother, A. D., died in 1969, 15 months after Martin Jr.’s assassination.

Favoured sisters biography of martin luther king jr

But Christine, their older sister, is still with us and still making public appearances.

Here are more details about both siblings.

Born on July 30, 1930, Alfred Daniel “A.

D.” Williams King was a Baptist minister, like Martin Jr., and even took over his brother’s co-pastorate of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga., after Martin Jr.’s death, as The New York Ti