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Black Atlanta Culture and News

Alberta Williams King, right, attends a service at Ebenezer Baptist Church with husband Martin Luther King Sr. in January 1970. Alberta King was murdered in the same church in 1974 as she played the organ. (Chuck Vollertsen/AJC Archive at GSU Library AJCP443-116c)

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The death of Alberta King in 1974

In 1974, the mother of Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Sunday the church holds a service to celebrate the loving matriarch.
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      Supermodel Naomi Campbell is the subject of a new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The exhibit follows her 40-year modeling career and the pivotal moments that have made it special. Image credit: Marco Bahler

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