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Gwendolyn A. (Smith) King & Steven C. King

August 16, 1983 El paso County, TX

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Steven C. King

c. 1958 - Unknown

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Katrina Kay (Kasavage) King

Martin Luther King Jr with MLK III

Karen King

Robert J King Jr

Crystal Renee (King) Stanton

Elizabeth King

John Henry (Cidon) King

John Henry (Cidon) King

Dolores Dee (King) Smothermon

Cidon B “CB” King

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Lucy Virginia (King) Bollinger

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In 1957, in the year that Gwendolyn A. (Smith) King was born, on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.

In 1967, on October 2nd, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the great-grandson of a slave and graduated first in his class at Howard University Law School. His nomination to the Supreme Court was approved by the Senate, 69 to 11.

In 1974, on July 30th, the House Judiciary Committee adopted three articles of impeachment against President Nixon. He was charged with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and the refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee. In order to avoid impeachment, Richard M. Nixon announced that he would resign on August 8th, the first President to do so.

In 1982, on June 30th, time ran out on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The Amendment had only received 35 of the necessary 38 state ratifications. First sent to the states in 1972, the Amendment stated that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".

In 1995, on October 16th, the Million Man March took place on the National Mall in Washington DC. The March was organized to address "the ills of black communities and call for unity and revitalization of African American communities". An estimated 850,000 people attended.