Early Life
Martin Luther King III was born on October 23, 1957 to civil rights advocate Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His mother had reservations about naming him after his famous father, "realizing the burdens it can create for the child," but King, Jr. always wanted to name his son Martin Luther III.
Martin Luther King III has had three siblings: Dexter Scott King, Rev. Bernice Albertine King, and Yolanda Denise King. They were raised in Vine City, an urban neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. He was ten years old when his father was assassinated. After he attended The Galloway School, he attended Morehouse College, which was the same school his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather attended. Martin Luther King III is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, as was his father. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Morehouse in 1979. King lived with his mother in his childhood home until his adulthood.
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