Alveda King
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 28th district |
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In office 1979–1983 |
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| Preceded by | Virginia Shapard |
| Succeeded by | Bob Holmes |
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Alveda Celeste King January 22, 1951 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Eddie Clifford Beal (divorced) Jerry Ellis (divorced) Israel Tookes (divorced) |
| Children | 6 |
| Parents |
Alfred Daniel Williams King (father) Naomi Ruth Barber (mother) Alberta Williams King (grandmother) Martin Luther King Sr. (grandfather) |
| Relatives |
Yolanda King (cousin) Dexter King (cousin) Bernice King (cousin) Martin Luther King III (cousin) |
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Central Michigan University (M.A.) |
| Occupation | Minister, activist, author |
| Website | Official website |
Alveda Celeste King (born January 22, 1951) is an American activist, author and former state representative for the 28th District in the Georgia House of Representatives.
She is a niece of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and daughter of civil rights activist Rev. A. D. King and his wife Naomi Barber King. She is a Fox News Channel contributor. She once served as a Senior Fellow at the , a conservative Washington, D.C. think-tank. She is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and the founder of Alveda King Ministries.
Alveda King was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the first of five children of A. D. King, the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr., and his wife Naomi (Barber) King. King says her mother wanted to abort her so she could continue college, but her grandfather was able to convince her to keep her child. When she was 12, her father became a leader of the Birmingham campaign while serving as pastor at the First Baptist Church of Ensley in Birmingham, Alabama. Later that same year, King's house was bombed by opponents to the civil rights movement.
In 1969, her father, A.D. King, was found dead in the pool at his home. The cause of death was listed as an accidental drowning.
Martin Luther King, Sr. wrote in his autobiography, "Alveda had been up the night before, she said, talking with her father and watching a television movie with him. He'd seemed unusually quiet...and not very interested in the film. But he had wanted to stay up and Alveda left him sitting in an easy chair, staring at the TV, when she went off to bed... I had questions about A.D.'s death and I still have them now. He was a good swimmer. Why did he drown? I don't know – I don't know that we will ever know what happened."
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