Alfred Daniel King's Civil Rights Work

Alfred Daniel King

Alfred Daniel Williams King (A. D. King) was a Baptist minister from Georgia and the younger brother of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Standing on the front lines of events such as the Birmingham campaign, he maintained nonviolent resistance even while facing hardships including a bomb attack on his home. Supporting the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as an aide to his brother, he devoted himself to the realization of social justice and the eradication of racial discrimination through his church.

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Year	Alfred Daniel King
1930	Birth of Alfred Daniel King (Period: July 30, 1930, Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
1950	Marriage (Alfred Daniel King, Naomi Ruth Barber King, Age: 19 years old, Period: June 17, 1950, Location: Exact location unconfirmed; presumed to be around Atlanta, Georgia, but definitive historical records are unavailable)
1959	Graduation from Morehouse College (Alfred Daniel King, Age: 28 years old, Period: 1959, Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
1960	1960 Atlanta Lunch Counter Sit-Ins (Age: 30 years old, Period: October 1960, Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
1963	Participation in Birmingham Civil Rights Movement (Alfred Daniel King, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1963, Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States) A. D. King House Bombing (Age: 32 years old, Period: May 11, 1963, Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States) De-escalation of the Birmingham Riots (Age: 33 years old, Period: August 1963, Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States)
1965	Participation in Selma Movement (Alfred Daniel King, Age: 34 years old, Period: 1965, Location: Selma, Alabama, United States) Ministerial Work in Louisville (Alfred Daniel King, Age: 34 years old, Period: 1965–1968, Location: Louisville, Kentucky, United States)
1968	Encountering Eldest Brother Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination (Age: 37 years old, Period: April 4, 1968, Location: Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee, United States) Zion Baptist Church Office Bombing (Age: 38 years old, Period: August 26, 1968, Location: Louisville, Kentucky, United States) Appointment as Co-Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church (Alfred Daniel King, Age: 38 years old, Period: September 1968, Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
1969	Death of Alfred Daniel King (Age: 38 years old, Period: July 21, 1969) A. D. King's Death by Drowning (Age: 38 years old, Period: July 21, 1969, Location: Home in Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
Unknown	Beginning of Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church (Period: Youth to 1950s, Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States)

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The Johnson Family	Lyndon Baines Johnson Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson Luci Baines Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson Jr.
The King Family	Michael King Jr. Coretta Scott Michael King Alberta Christine Williams Alfred Daniel King Willie Christine King

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