“I think a culture of nonviolence will help create the condition where poverty is unacceptable, where racism is way behind us and not something that we have to deal with on a frequent basis, and where militarism and violence are reduced almost to be nonexistent.”

American human rights activist and philanthropist

Martin Luther King III is an American human rights activist and philanthropist. Born in 1957, he is the second child and eldest son of 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. His public work reflects a continuing focus on civil rights, human dignity, and social justice.