Mrs. Alberta King, the mother of Martin Luther King Junior was assassinated while playing the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church by Marcus Wayne Chenault, a 23-year-old black man from Ohio. Chenault stated that he shot King because "all Christians are my enemies," and claimed that he had decided that black ministers were a menace to black people. He said his original target had been Martin Luther King, Sr., but he had decided to shoot his wife instead because she was close to h