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

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

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

Woman in Motion

The Games in Black & White

Contradiction: A Question of Faith

Who Killed Martin Luther King?

All Movies (6)

• The Games in Black & White2025 · as Himself
• Woman in Motion2021 · as Self
• Contradiction: A Question of Faith2013 · as Martin Luther King III
• We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial2009 · as Self
• Who Killed Martin Luther King?1989 · as Self
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970 · as Self (archive footage)

All TV Shows (1)

• The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart2020 · as Self