Martin Luther King III

Biography

Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights activist, philanthropist, and an advocate. The second child and eldest son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004. As of 2024, he is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia.

Known For

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)

Woman in Motion

as Self

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

as Self

Who Killed Martin Luther King?

as Self

Contradiction: A Question of Faith

as Martin Luther King III

The Games in Black & White

as Himself

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

as Self