Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with wife and daughter
John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:
Baritone MLK Jr.
The three King children,
including Martin Jr. took piano lessons from their mother, Alberta William King
* MLK Jr. sang in his Father’s church
choir at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of the movie ‘Gone with the Wind’ and in
the Glee Club at Morehouse College.
MLK Jr. wrote in his biography “On a cool Saturday afternoon, I set out to drive from Atlanta, Georgia,
to Montgomery, Alabama. It was a clear wintry day. The Metropolitan Opera was
on the radio with a performance of one of my favorite operas –Donizetti’s
Lucia di Lammermoor. So with the beauty of the countryside, the inspiration of
Donizetti’s inimitable music, and the splendor of the skies, the usual monotony
that accompanies a relatively long drive - especially when one is alone was
dispelled in pleasant diversions.” (King 1958, 15)
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