Coretta King
Martain and Coretta King had met on the phone because of a friend. Coretta claimed that she wasn't looking for a husband but couldn't resisst because of the type of man the Dr. King was. They had gotten married on June 18, 1953 on the lawn of there parents home in Marion, Alabama. They had 4 children together, there names where, Yolanda "Yoki" King born November 17, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Martain Luther III born October 23, 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama, Dexter Scott King born January 30, 1961 in Atlanta, Georgia, lastly Bernice Albertaine King born March 28, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia. Yolando died May 15, 2007 at the age of 51 in Santa Monica, California. There were no previous mariges for either, but Martain had fallen in love with a Caucasian women in Crozer Seminary.