In Loving Memory

Michael Luther King Jr.

January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968

Michael Luther King Jr. 39 passed away on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Michael was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15th, 1929. He is survived by Martin

Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King and was predeceased by Christine King

Farris, sister and A.D King, brother. Memorial/Funeral services will be performed at

Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 9th, 1968 at 10:30 a.m.

King zipped through high school and entered Morehouse College at the age of 15 and

graduated with a degree in sociology in 1948. On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King

Jr. made his now famous "I have a dream" speech. It electrified the United States. Five

short years after that speech, King was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.