Martin Luther King, Jr. - Family

In the church auditorium, the Dexter Women’s Council hosts a reception for the Kings on the night before their departure from Montgomery.

During a mass meeting at Dexter, Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) members hold a “bon voyage” party for Martin and Coretta Scott King before their upcoming trip to India and the Middle East. The Kings are later feted at the home of congregation member J. T. Alexander.

Yolanda Denise King, the Kings’ first child, is born.

King, Jr., Alberta Williams King, and King, Sr., attend the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention in Memphis, Tennessee. King, Sr., serves as a member of the convention’s board of directors.

King, King, Sr., and Abernathy attend a meeting of eighteen leaders of the southern desegregation movement organized by Smiley and FOR on the Morehouse College campus in Atlanta.

King, Sr., Alberta Williams King, and Christine King attend the Baptist World Alliance meeting in London, England.

Alberta Williams King directs Ebenezer’s choir in a Sunday afternoon concert at Dexter.

King, his father, and family drive to Montgomery. King goes to the county jail, where he is arrested and released on bond. He agrees to plead guilty to the speeding charge filed against him in January. King and other leaders meet with Arthur D. Shores and Peter Hall, Birmingham attorneys sent to Montgomery by the NAACP to assist in defending the indicted leaders. 

Coretta Scott King directs a “talent night” featuring local youth as part of Dexter’s Youth Emphasis Week.

Coretta Scott King gives a voice recital at First Baptist Church.