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Friday, June 30, 2006

Alberta Christine King, mother
of Martin Luther King, Jr. was
murdered in Ebenezer Bapist
Church, Atlanta, GA. this day in 1974.
Mrs. King was playing, "The Lord's Prayer"
during the Sunday service.

As organist, she founded and trained the "Ebenezer
Choir". Mrs. King was also the organizer

and president of the Ebenezer Woman's Council.
A great and gentle woman she changed the world with
peace and hope.


In 1936, "Gone With The Wind" by Maragret Mitchell.
was published. Changing the south forever. Oh,
Fiddlee-de.

"Winning the prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself."
~Maria Goeppert Mayer