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Kenneth R. King & Velda M. (Lakey) King

May 7, 1983 Dallas County, TX

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Velda M. (Lakey) King

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Velda M. (Lakey) King

c. 1962 - 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

Oran Sibley King

Lucy Virginia (King) Bollinger

W. Edward Turner

Marabel (King) Turner

Alice Diane (Needy) King Gravesite

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In 1963, in the year that Kenneth R. King was born, on November 22nd, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States when President John Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was sworn in on the plane carrying Kennedy's body back to Washington D.C.

In 1970, on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured.

In 1973, on January 28th, the Paris Peace Accord was signed - supposedly ending the Vietnam War. Hostilities continued between North and South Vietnam and the U.S. continued to bomb. But by August 15, 1973, 95% of American troops had left Vietnam. The war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon.

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 May 19th, the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil - before 9/11 - took place in Oklahoma City. A truck bomb went off outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown - killing 68 people, injuring more than 680 others, and destroying one-third of the building. The most disturbing images were of children - a daycare center was hit by the bomb. The deadliest incident of domestic terrorism ever, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, and Michael Fortier were convicted of the bombing.