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American political activist (1891 ? 1975)
Clennon Washington King Sr.
(July 1, 1891 ? March 20, 1975) was a political activist,
Tuskegee Institute
student and
chauffeur
of
Booker T. Washington
. On August 18, 1918, in
Milledgeville, Georgia
, King married Margaret Allegra Slater, with whom he had seven sons, four of whom would earn both national and international recognition. He ran two local grocery stores and was a notable figure in
Albany, Georgia
. He helped to establish the local chapter of the
NAACP
. In the 1940s, he and his wife Allegra established The Swank Shop, a clothing store in downtown Albany that was moved some years later to another location six blocks away. They had several children including:
His other sons were:
- Marvin Kenneth King (February 27, 1922 ? July 27, 2008)
- Paul Dickens King
- Allen Alonzo King
He is the paternal grandfather of
Oona, Baroness King of Bow
, a former UK
Member of Parliament
; and
Alonzo King
, founder of the Lines Contemporary Ballet Company in
San Francisco, California
.
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