1914–1965
Biography · Civil Rights
Martin Luther King III
1957–
United States
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Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights activist and philanthropist. 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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