Civil rights leader and political activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. We honour his legacy every year with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But there are other ways people are honouring MLK’s legacy, and some of those people are his own relatives. All four of MLK’s children are civil rights activists and have worked to continue their father’s mission. Even Yolanda Renee King, the only granddaughter of MLK and Coretta Scott King, is on her way toward becoming an activist, and she’s only 10 years old. Keep scrolling to learn more about members of MLK’s family who have worked to continue his legacy. Coretta Scott King: widow MLK and Coretta Scott King met while he was studying at Boston University and she at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. The two were married in 1953, and after completing their studies, moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where King would serve as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. The couple engaged in civil rights activism throughout the ensuing decades, until MLK’s death in 1968. Coretta Scott King, however, went on to continue her activism for the rest of her life. She set up… Read full this story
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