Martin
Luther King III was born in 1957, in Montgomery,
Alabama. He was the second oldest of the four children
of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse
College, in Atlanta, Georgia, where he majored in
Political Science. Martin was brought up among those
deeply devoted to the struggle for human rights
and a nonviolent society. He has worked and utilized
those principles into both his personal and public
life. Martin Luther King III, has taken the torch
lit by his father and continued the pursuit for
equality and justice for all people. Most of his
adult life he has spent motivating audiences around
the world with his touching messages of optimism
and responsibility. His dream of an optimistic future
built upon the principles taught by his father has
touched thousands of people across the country.
A human rights advocate, community activist and
political leader, King has been aggressively involved
in important policy initiatives to help maintain
the just and fair treatment of citizens at home
and abroad. In 1984, as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
for Nonviolent Social Change, Mr. King traveled
to five poverty stricken African nations on a fact-finding
tour. In the 1980's, he turned his attention to
the injustices of South Africa and the freedom of
Nelson Mandela. In 1996, he traveled to Great Britain,
where he celebrated Black History Month and shared
his father's vision of justice and equality for
all. On November 1, 1997, Mr. King was unanimously
voted the fourth President of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference. A long-standing member of
the Board of Directors, Mr. King has devoted most
of his life to the continuation of his father's
mission of non-violent conflict resolution through
the many programs of the SCLC.
