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Martin Luther King III

Oct 23, 1957 (67 years old) in Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights activist, philanthropist, and an advocate. The second child and eldest son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004. As of 2024, he is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia.

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The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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Woman in Motion
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
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The Games in Black & White
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Who Killed Martin Luther King?
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Contradiction: A Question of Faith
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