Martin Luther King, Jr. was born 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Henry County, Georgia, United States to Martin Luther King (1899-1984) and Alberta Christine Williams (1904-1974) and died 4 April 1968 St. Joseph's Hospital, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of gunshot wound. He married Coretta Scott (1927-2006) 18 June 1953 in Heiberger, Perry County, Alabama, United States.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Yolanda Denise King (1955-2007) | 17 November 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, United States | 15 May 2007 Santa Monica, California, United States | |
| Martin Luther King III (1957) | 23 October 1957 Montgomery, Alabama, United States | Arndrea Waters (c1960-) | |
| Dexter Scott King (1961) | 31 January 1961 Montgomery, Alabama, United States | Leah Weber (bef2013-) | |
| Bernice Albertine King (1963) | 28 March 1963 Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ||
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