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BY Ismail Akwei, 8:00am January 15, 2019,

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

ISMAIL AKWEI
by Ismail Akwei, 8:00am January 15, 2019,

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

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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