Alberta Williams King

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choir director church musician human organist

Alberta Williams King was an American church organist and choir director best known as the mother of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who was herself tragically assassinated in 1974.

Aliases (1)

Alberta Christine Williams King ×3

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	choir director → church musician → human → organist →
birthName	Alberta Christine Williams →
causeOfDeath	assassination → gunshot wound →
child	Alfred Daniel Williams King → Christine King Farris → Martin Luther King Jr. →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1904-09-13 →
dateOfDeath	1974-06-30 →
educatedAt	Spelman Seminary →
employer	Ebenezer Baptist Church →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	King →
father	Adam Daniel Williams →
fullName	Alberta Christine Williams King →
givenName	Alberta →
hasRole	mother of Martin Luther King Jr. →
languageSpoken	English →
marriageDate	1926-11-25 →
mother	Jennie Celeste Williams →
movement	African-American church music →
notableEvent	assassinated while playing the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church on 1974-06-30 →
notableRelative	Alfred Daniel Williams King → Christine King Farris → Martin Luther King Jr. → Martin Luther King Sr. →
notableWork	music ministry at Ebenezer Baptist Church →
occupation	choir director → church organist →
placeOfBirth	Atlanta, Georgia, United States →
placeOfBurial	South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States →
placeOfDeath	Atlanta, Georgia, United States →
positionHeld	choir director at Ebenezer Baptist Church → church organist at Ebenezer Baptist Church →
religion	Baptist →
residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Martin Luther King Sr. →
workLocation	Atlanta, Georgia, United States →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred Daniel Williams King → Christine King Farris → Martin Luther King Jr. →	mother
Daddy King → Martin Luther King Sr. → Michael King →	spouse
Alfred Daniel Williams King → Dexter Scott King →	notableRelative
Adam Daniel Williams ("Alberta Christine Williams King") →	child
Adam Daniel Williams ("Alberta Christine Williams King") →	fatherOf
Alberta Williams King ("Alberta Christine Williams King") →	fullName
King family →	hasNotableMember
Yolanda King →	hasRelative
Martin Luther King Jr. →	parent
Dexter Scott King →	relative