Martin Luther King III has three siblings; the late Yolanda Denise King, Dexter Scott King, and Rev. Bernice Albertan King. They were raised in Vine City, an urban neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was eight years old and only in the third grade, he began to endure racial comments and insults from a Caucasian boy in his class, who also happened to like to draw.
King has been described as a shy man who rarely socialized, and friends have claimed he tends to overwork, in part due to the pressure to live up to his father's name. On June 26, 1985, King was arrested, along with his mother and his sister Bernice, while taking part in an anti-apartheid protest at the Embassy of South Africa in Washington, D.C. n June 9, 1986 he announced his candidacy for the Fulton County Commission, becoming the first of his father's immediate family to become involved in politics.
In 2006, King founded an organization called Realizing the Dream, which has been absorbed into The King Center under King as president. CEO Dexter King had accused Martin of establishing the foundation to make money off their parents' legacy that should go to the King Center.
Martin Luther King III married longtime girlfriend Andrea Watern in May 2006. On May 25, 2008, the couple had a daughter, Yolanda Renee King, the first and only grandchild of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. She was named after her aunt, Yolanda King, who had died of a heart condition at age 51 in Santa Monica, California.
King III has American nationality and he belongs with black ethnicity. The current age of the king is 59. The net worth of king is estimated to be around $ 1.5 to 3 million.
