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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) In honor of MLK Day, Martin Luther King III joined ABC7 News at 3 p.m. to discuss his father s legacy, the current state of the country and his favorite memories.
King said holidays are usually a day when people take time off, but he says the King holiday is a day where we recommit ourselves to finishing the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr. We ve never seen a more divided United States, He said. My father wanted us to have a United States of America where we were turning to each other, not on each other.
12 Interesting Martin Luther King Jr Facts You May Not Know
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The civil rights leader survived an assassination attempt a decade before his murder in 1968
King first met his wife, Coretta Scott, over the phone
Martin Luther King Jr. is a name most have likely already heard of but not everyone knows the details of his duty-filled life.
King is widely recognized as the most prominent figure of the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. To commemorate what would have been his 92nd birthday, here are 12 of some of the most interesting facts about King.
1. He wasn t always Martin Luther King Jr.