Its role in shaping Martin Luther King Jr. and serving as a platform for his ideas makes it one of the most prominent churches in U.S. history. Adam Daniel Williams, the maternal grandfather of Martin Luther King Jr.“Williams was a dynamic minister and a great preacher,” Ridgeway said. Ebenezer was where a young Martin Luther King Jr. attended Sunday school. “When Martin Luther King Jr. was in the midst of the civil rights movement, he was still a very active pastor at Ebenezer. “Alberta Williams King died later that day at the age of 70.”After Alberta’s funeral, King Sr. gathered his grandchildren.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2021 12:22 UTC