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She was the choir director of the Ebenezer Baptist Church.

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She was shot and killed in the church by year-old Marcus Wayne Chenault six years after the assassination of her eldest son Martin Luther King Jr. Alberta Christine Williams was born on September 13, Williams met Martin L. King, then known as Michael King, whose sister Woodie was boarding with her parents, shortly before she left for Hampton.

After graduating, she announced her engagement to King at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. After their wedding, the newly married couple moved into an upstairs bedroom at the Williams family home, which is where all three of their children were born. National Historical Park.

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It has since been torn down. Alberta King worked hard to instill self-respect into her children. Martin Luther King Jr. King founded the Ebenezer choir and served as church organist from to In addition to the choir, Alberta would also serve as the organizer and president of the Ebenezer Women's Committee from to By the end of this period, Martin Luther King Sr.

King Jr. King was in Memphis to lead a march in support of the local sanitation workers' union.