What is Alberta Williams King?
{{Infobox person |name = Alberta Williams King |image = Martin Luther King, Henry Elkins, and Alberta Williams King at Ebenezer, 1962.png |caption =1962 |birth_name = Alberta Christine Williams |birth_date = {{birth date|1904|9|13}} |birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1974|6|30|1904|9|13}} |death_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S. |death_cause = [[Assassination]] (gunshot wounds) |nationality = American |citizenship = American |other_names = |parents= Reverend Adam Daniel Williams (1863-1931)<br> Jennie Celeste Parks Williams (1873-1941) |children = [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] (deceased)<br />[[Christine King Farris]]<br>[[Alfred Daniel Williams King]] (deceased) |education = [[Spelman Seminary]]<br>[[Hampton University]] |employer = |occupation = }} '''Alberta Christine Williams King''' (September 13, 1904 &ndash; June 30, 1974) was the mother of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]. She was married to [[Martin Luther King, Sr.]] for 58 years. She had an important part in the activities of the [[Ebenezer Baptist Church]]. The church is now a part of the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site]]. She was shot and killed in the church six years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/01/martin-luther-kings-mother-slain-in-church-1974|title=From the archive, 1 July 1974: Martin Luther King's mother slain in church Alberta King, mother of the late Rev Martin Luther King, was shot and killed today as she played the organ for morning service|last1=Winchester|first1=Simon|work=Guardian|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> ==Biography== Alberta Christine Williams was born on September 13, 1904 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_king_alberta_williams_1903_1974/ |title=Stanford University biography of Alberta King |access-date=2012-12-16 |archive-date=2013-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130