We just watched the end of an epic mini series on the like of Martin Luther King. We saw him grow into a tremendous Leader and Crusader. That growth allowed us to see the many complex sides to leadership and MLK.
Check out the video reporting his death in Memphis (the moment the movie ended)
At the end of the film we see his brother and wife in mourning. Please investigate and share what happened with his brother, wife, and children afterwords.
In 1999, Coretta Scott King, King's widow, along with the rest of King's family, won a wrongful death civil trial against Loyd Jowers and "other unknown co-conspirators." Jowers claimed to have received $100,000 to arrange King's assassination. The jury of six whites and six blacks found Jowers liable and that governmental agencies were parties to the assassination plot. William F. Pepper represented the King family in the trial.
ReplyDeleteMrs. King's most prominent role may have been in the years after her husband's 1968 assassination when she took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement.
All four children later followed in their parents' footsteps as civil rights activists.
Every year after the assassination of her husband in 1968, Coretta attended a commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta to mark his birthday on January 15. She fought for years to make it a national holiday. Murray M. Silver, an Atlanta attorney, made the appeal at the services on January 14, 1979. Coretta Scott King later confirmed that it was the "...best, most productive appeal ever..." Coretta Scott King was finally successful in this in 1986, when Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was made a federal holiday.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King#Family_life)
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Deletewell first i found about who killed martin luther king James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, Ray entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee state penitentiary.[1] Ray later made many attempts to withdraw his guilty plea and be tried by a jury, but was unsuccessful; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70.
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i did not find out about what happened to MLK relatives i will keep searching.
I found out that the person that assassinated MLK was James Earl Ray.
ReplyDeleteAfter the death of her husband Correta Scott King was a widow and never re-married, she died at age 78 in 2006. I found out that they had four children, one had died in 2007, and the other three are still alive today. There childrens names are : Yolanda King(died), Martin Luther King the third, Dexter King, and Bernice King.
Yolanda Denise King- (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was the first-born child of Coretta Scott King and civil rights leader.
Martin Luther King III- (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights advocate and community activist. He is the eldest son and oldest living child of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
Dexter Scott King- (born January 30, 1961) is the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.He was an actor.
Bernice Albertine King- (born March 28, 1963) is the second daughter and youngest child of civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Coretta Scott King.Bernice is the only King child to become a minister. She was elected in 2009 as the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Alfred Daniel Williams King (July 30, 1930 – July 21, 1969), known as A. D. King, was the younger brother of Martin Luther King, Jr., the famed leader of the American civil-rights movement. Like his older brother, A. D. King was a Baptist minister and an activist for civil rights. He died in 1969.
I also found out that MLK had a sister and her name was Alberta Williams Kings, but she died in 1974. She was shot and killed in a church six years after MLKs assassination.
great in fo however do you now why she was shot
DeleteMLK's wife Cornett Scott King took on the leadership of fighting for the rights and freedom of black people after MLK died and later became an activist for the Women's Movement.King died in 2006
ReplyDeleteMartin brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King became the co-paster at their church (Ebenezer Baptist Church)and was known as a concerned, loving pastor. He later died 1969, nine days before his birthday
Dexter Scott King (MLK's son)was only 7 years old when his father was assassinated. 29 years later he met with James Earl Ray (the man found guilty of murdering MLK) Dexter believes that Ray was not involved in MLK's death. He then served as the president of King Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Bernice King(MLK's youngest daughter)she was only 5 years old when her father was assassinated.She is a strong advocate for same-sex marriage which her mother also believed and stood for her mother is her inspiration to why she stand for that
Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
ReplyDeleteMrs. King's most prominent role may have been in the years after her husband's 1968 assassination when she took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement.
Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was the first-born child of Coretta Scott King and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Her younger siblings were Martin Luther King, III, Dexter Scott King, and Bernice Albertine King.
Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights advocate and community activist. He is the eldest son and oldest living child of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His siblings are Dexter Scott King, Rev. Bernice Albertine King, and the late Yolanda Denise King. King attended The Galloway School and went on to Morehouse College, which was the same school his father, his grandfather and his great-grandfather attended. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Morehouse in 1979.
Dexter Scott King (born January 30, 1961) is the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His siblings are Martin Luther King III, the Reverend Bernice Albertine King, and the late Yolanda Denise King.
Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is the second daughter and youngest child of civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Coretta Scott King.Her older siblings are Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King, and the late Yolanda Denise King. Bernice is the only King child to become a minister. She was elected in 2009 as the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), but declined in January 2011, citing disagreements with the organization's leadership.
All from Wiki.
@Mr.Cheney i would really like more Journal topics like today.I think the discussion can really help in many areas like being a lawyer ha-ha.I find it better than quote of the day as well it intrigues my mind.
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Deleteit is good conversation.
Quote of the Day can do the same.
Mrs. McMahon was very very impressed, I talked with her afterschool, but she was even more impressed with the blog when I showed it at a workshop.
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ReplyDeleteTwo months after King's death, escaped convict James Earl Ray was captured at London Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the United Kingdom on a false Canadian passport in the name of Ramon George Sneyd on his way to white-ruled Rhodesia. Ray was quickly extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder. He confessed to the assassination on March 10, 1969, though he recanted this confession three days later.[139] On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray pleaded guilty to avoid a trial conviction and thus the possibility of receiving the death penalty. Ray was sentenced to a 99-year prison term.[139][140] Ray fired Foreman as his attorney, from then on derisively calling him "Percy Fourflusher".[141] He claimed a man he met in Montreal, Quebec, with the alias "Raoul" was involved and that the assassination was the result of a conspiracy.[142][143] He spent the remainder of his life attempting, unsuccessfully, to withdraw his guilty plea and secure the trial he never had.[ On June 10, 1977, shortly after Ray had testified to the House Select Committee on Assassinations that he did not shoot King, he and six other convicts escaped from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. They were recaptured on June 13 and returned to prison.
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Deletei also found out he died at april 4 1968.he was shot at 6:01 pm and died at 7:05 pm
so far i havent found anything on his family
First of all, James Earl Ray was the person who assassinated MLK. I found out that after Martin Luther king died, Coretta Scott King took place. She also became an activist of the Womens' Movement. She died in 2006 Jan.
ReplyDeleteAlfred William King became a co-paster in their own church named Ebenezer Baptist Church. He died in 1969.
I'm still searching for more.
Dexter Scott, one of MLK's sons, met with James Ray Earl and did not believe they had any connection and he did not believe he killed his father. He became the president of the Non Violent Social Change.
MLK's wife Coretta King was a strong believer in many civil rights, was apart of many causes and was helping lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's. After MLK's assassination in 1968, Coretta became active in the Women's Movement.
ReplyDeleteMLK's brother Alfred King, known as A.D. King was a strong believer in the importance of non-violence. He was the famed leader of the American civil-rights. But unlike his brother, he stayed out of the media spotlight. After the assassination of Martin, returned to Ebenezer Baptist Church and became co-pastor. He died of alcoholism and depression in 1969.
MLK's children followed in their parent's footsteps. Yolanda King, MLK's first daughter, became a civil rights leader. Martin Luther King III is a human rights advocate and community activist. Bernice King is currently in the southern christian leadership conference (sclc) is an african american civil rights organization where the first president was Martin Luther King Jr.