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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martinus Lutherus King la
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
- Child of Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King
- Married to Coretta Scott King
- Dated 15 January 1929 CE – 4 April 1968 CE
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
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Life
Affiliation
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What this means
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Family
The family of Martin Luther King Jr.
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
Documented family only. A teacher, a successor or a patron is never drawn in this tree.
The family as a list · 9
Family 9
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
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child of (child) Alberta Williams King mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1904–1974) -
child of (child) Martin Luther King Sr. American baptist pastor (1899–1984) -
parent of (father) Bernice King American minister and daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (born 1963) -
parent of (father) Dexter Scott King American civil rights activist (1961-2024) -
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parent of (father) Martin Luther King III American civil rights activist -
parent of (father) Yolanda King American activist (1955-2007) - sibling of A. D. King American Baptist minister (1930–1969)
- sibling of Christine King Farris civil rights leader and sister of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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married to Coretta Scott King American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Connections
How Martin Luther King Jr. connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Documented influence 6
What this means
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Does not imply shared symbols as evidence · a short path through a database
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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was influenced by Henry David Thoreau American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862) - was influenced by Howard Thurman American theologian, educator, and civil rights mentor (1899–1981)
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was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi Indian independence activist (1869–1948) -
was influenced by Reinhold Niebuhr American Protestant theologian (1892–1971) -
was influenced by Walter Rauschenbusch United States Baptist theologian (1861–1918) -
influenced James H. Cone American theologian (1938–2018)
Recorded events and days 3
What this means
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Sources
Sources and evidence
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18 statements on this record
- 18 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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