--- title: Martin Luther King's Family Photos: See MLK's Roots description: The publication of a new edition of Martin Luther King Sr.'s memoir offers a chance to look inside the King family album. canonical: https://time.com/4622616/martin-luther-king-family-photos/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-13T14:30:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:12.429Z article:section: History og:title: Martin Luther King's Family Photos: See MLK's Roots og:description: The publication of a new edition of Martin Luther King Sr.'s memoir offers a chance to look inside the King family album og:url: https://time.com/4622616/martin-luther-king-family-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73604fce838485cb/6988b46686f68e202f6e3103/martin-luther-king-sr-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Reverand Martin Luther King Sr. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Martin Luther King's Family Photos: See MLK's Roots twitter:description: The publication of a new edition of Martin Luther King Sr.'s memoir offers a chance to look inside the King family album twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73604fce838485cb/6988b46686f68e202f6e3103/martin-luther-king-sr-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Martin Luther King Jr.'s Roots With These King Family Photos by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 13, 2017 2:30 PM UTC  A family portrait of the Kings, taken in 1939\. Clockwise: King Sr.; mother-in-law, Mrs. Jeannie C. Parks Williams; son Martin Luther Jr.; daughter, Christine; younger son, Alfred Daniel, and wife, Alberta Williams King. A family portrait of the Kings, taken in 1939\. Clockwise: King Sr.; mother-in-law, Mrs. Jeannie C. Parks Williams; son Martin Luther Jr.; daughter, Christine; younger son, Alfred Daniel, and wife, Alberta Williams King.Courtesy of the King/Farris Family by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 13, 2017 2:30 PM UTC  Courtesy of Beacon Press In 1980, Martin Luther King Sr. published the memoir _Daddy King_ _: An Autobiography_, a work that provided new insight into his life—and the[ family world ](http://time.com/3660258/mlk-childhood/)that created Martin Luther King Jr. After being out of print for nearly two decades, _Daddy King_ was [re-released](http://www.beacon.org/Daddy-King-P1233.aspx) this week, in time for the annual [Martin Luther King Jr. Day](http://time.com/3661538/mlk-day-reagan-history/) holiday. The publication offers a chance to look at King’s family photos, like the ones seen here. [_Read an excerpt from_ Daddy King _here on TIME.com_](http://ti.me/2iccR2p)  Martin Luther King Sr’s graduation photo, taken upon earning his degree from Morehouse College in 1930\. By the time he earned his degree, he had three children and was next in line to take the pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Courtesy of the King/Farris Family  Martin Luther King Sr. and his wife, Alberta “Bunch” Williams King. King Sr. gave her the nickname upon her return from college, shortening “bunch-of-goodness” to just “Bunch.” They were married in 1926. Courtesy of the King/Farris Family  A family portrait of the Kings, taken in 1939\. Clockwise: King Sr.; mother-in-law, Mrs. Jeannie C. Parks Williams; son Martin Luther Jr.; daughter, Christine; younger son, Alfred Daniel, and wife, Alberta Williams King. Courtesy of the King/Farris Family  Martin Luther King Sr.; Alberta Williams King; Coretta Scott King; and Christine King board a plane in 1964, en route to King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize presentation ceremony. Courtesy of the King/Farris Family  Martin Luther King Sr.; Jesse Jackson; Alberta Williams King; and Christine King Farris at her Spelman College commencement. 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