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King was prone to violence, [3] and in November 1908 he and his father were indicted for beating one of their employees. [4] [5] King's father later took a primary house in Los Angeles and since the company's business interests were largely in Wyoming, the younger King became the primary manager. King later took a residence in Los Angeles as ...
He was a son of Reverend Martin Luther King (1899–1984), and Alberta Williams King (1904–1974), the youngest of their three children (the other two being Willie Christine, born September 11, 1927, and Martin Luther King Jr., born January 15, 1929). In contrast to his peacemaking brother, Martin, A. D.—according to his father—was "a ...
Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984) was an African-American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the civil rights movement. He was the father and namesake of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Reina King as Muriel St. Hill in a scene from "Shirley." Yes, Chisholm's relationship with her sister, Muriel (played by Reina King, Regina King's sister, in the film), wasn't very warm.
For 15 years, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), with the help of Rep. Shirley A. Chisholm (D-N.Y.), tried to pass legislation that would designate a national holiday in observance of King’s birthday.
Chisholm was born Shirley Anita St. Hill on Nov. 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, where she was raised by immigrant parents from Barbados—her father Charles, who worked in a burlap sack factory and her ...
William King (born January 30, 1949) [1] is an American singer, musician and choreographer. He is a founding member of the Commodores , where he plays trumpet , guitar , synthesizer , flute , and congas / percussion and is the group's choreographer.
Around the time that her brother, also Edward Hill, had died of tuberculosis at age 16, Elizabeth had married John Carter, the colony's secretary of state and son of King Carter, probably the colony's wealthiest and most powerful man. Her father selected her (and her husband) to inherit Shirley plantation, instead of either of her two elder ...