
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

TV
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
Self
2020

Film
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009

Film
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970

Film
Woman in Motion
Self
2021

Film
The Games in Black & White
Himself
2025

Film
Contradiction: A Question of Faith
Martin Luther King III
2013

Film
Who Killed Martin Luther King?
Self
1989
Filmography
2025FilmThe Games in Black & Whiteas Himself2021FilmWoman in Motionas Self2020TVThe Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehartas Self2013FilmContradiction: A Question of Faithas Martin Luther King III2009FilmWe Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorialas Self1989FilmWho Killed Martin Luther King?as Self1970FilmKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphisas Self (archive footage)