Events from May 25 – July 21 – Page 7 – The King Center

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Month

May 2024

History – Yolanda DeniseKing is cremated in Atlanta

History – US Senate passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by 77to 19 votes

June 2024

History – MLK married CSK

History – MLK launched Summer Community Organization & Political Education Project

History – CSK announced the incorporation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center in Atlanta (later renamed The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change)

History – Alberta Wiliams King (mother of MLK) was shot and killed while playing the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church

July 2024

History – MLK & CSK spend belated honeymoon in Mexico

History – Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson

History – The US House of Representatives passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by 333 to 85 votes

History – Alfred Daniel King (MLK’s only brother, known as AD) was found drowned in his own pool in Atlanta.