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Clennon Washington King Sr.

1891–1975

United States

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Clennon Washington King Sr. (July 1, 1891 – March 20, 1975) was a political activist, Tuskegee Institute student and chauffeur of Booker T. Washington. On August 18, 1918, in Milledgeville, Georgia, King married Margaret Allegra Slater, with whom he had seven sons, four of whom would earn both national and international recognition.

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