15 facts about Martin Luther King Jr. you might not know

Ismail Akwei January 15, 2019

MARTIN LUTHER KING,Jr. appears(front row, right) in an early photo with his family.

Kings mother Alberta Williams King was also shot and killed in 1974 while playing the organ at church in Atlanta. 23-year-old Marcus Wayne Chenault who shot her said: “all Christians are my enemies”.

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15 facts about Martin Luther King Jr. you might not know

Kings mother Alberta Williams King was also shot and killed in 1974 while playing the organ at church in Atlanta. 23-year-old Marcus Wayne Chenault who shot her said: “all Christians are my enemies”.

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15 facts about Martin Luther King Jr. you might not know

Kings mother Alberta Williams King was also shot and killed in 1974 while playing the organ at church in Atlanta. 23-year-old Marcus Wayne Chenault who shot her said: “all Christians are my enemies”.

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