Martin Luther King Sr.
Martin Luther King Sr.( born Michael J. 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 civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King III
Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights advocate and community activist.
As the oldest son and oldest living child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, King served as the 4th President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004.
Rufus G. King III
Rufus G. King III( born June 16, 1942) is the former chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Alberta Williams King
Alberta Christine Williams King( September 13, 1904 – June 30, 1974) was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mother and the wife of Martin Luther King, Sr. She played a significant role in the affairs of the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
She was shot and killed in the church by Marcus Wayne Chenault six years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Clayborne Carson
Clayborne Carson( born June 15, 1944) is an African- American professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute.
Since 1985 he has directed the Martin Luther King Papers Project, a long- term project to edit and publish the papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Simões
Martin Luther King Junior Morais Simões, known as Luther King( born 21 July 1996) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward.
Otis Moss Jr.
Otis Moss Jr.( born February 26, 1935) is an American pastor, theologian, speaker, author, and activist.
Moss is well known for his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and his friendship with both Martin Luther King Jr. and Martin Luther King Sr. He is also the father of Otis Moss III, the current pastor of the famous Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of
Martin Luther King Jr. An active advocate for African-American equality
, she was a leader for the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work.
King met her husband while attending graduate school in Boston.
They both became increasingly active in the American Civil Rights Movement.
King played a prominent role in the years after her husband's assassination in 1968 when she took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement.
King founded the King Center and sought to make his birthday a national holiday.
She finally succeeded when Ronald Reagan signed legislation which established Martin Luther King Jr. Day on November 2, 1983.
She later broadened her scope to include both advocacy for LGBT rights and opposition to apartheid.
King became friends with many politicians before and after Martin Luther King's death, including John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert F. Kennedy.
Her telephone conversation with John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential election has been credited by historians for mobilizing African-American voters.
In August 2005, King suffered a stroke which paralyzed her right side and left her unable to speak; five months later she died of respiratory failure due to complications from ovarian cancer.
Her funeral was attended by some 10,000 people, including four of five living US presidents.
She was temporarily buried on the grounds of the King Center until being interred next to her husband.
She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame and was the first African American to lie in the Georgia State Capitol.
King has been referred to as "First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement".
Dexter King
Dexter Scott King( born January 30, 1961) is the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
He is the brother of Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, and Yolanda King.
Lawrence Carter
Lawrence Edward Carter, Sr. is an American historian, professor, author, and civil rights expert.
He is Professor of Religion, College Archivist and Curator at Morehouse College as well as the Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse.
Carter is also the founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel Assistants Pre-seminarians Program, and director of the Marting Luther King Jr. College of Pastoral Leadership.

Question: Why did Martin Luther King Iii's mother die?
Answer: ovarian cancer