page_title: Martin Luther King III
section_title: Honors and awards
hierarchical_section_title: Martin Luther King III / Honors and awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Opera star and activist Stacey Robinson (left) in 2014 with Martin Luther King III at The Riverside Church. The occasion was a music program to honor his father, Martin Luther King Jr. (Courtesy of photographer Mary Biggs; modifications (cropping, tone) by Tom Sulcer. Exact date is approximate.)
context_page_description: Martin Luther King III is an American human rights advocate. As the oldest son and oldest living child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, King served as the 4th President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004.
context_section_description: On February 5, 2006, King, accompanied by the nieces and nephews of Rosa Parks, presented the ceremonial coin at Super Bowl XL. The coin was then tossed by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady to end the pregame ceremonies, which included a dedication and moment of silence to the memories of Parks and Scott-King and a performance of the Star-Spangled Banner by Dr. John, Aaron Neville and Aretha Franklin accompanied by the Alabama State and Clark Atlanta University choirs.
  On March 29, 2008, King threw out the first pitch at the Major League Baseball Civil Rights Game.
  On September 19, 2010, King received the Ramakrishna Bajaj Memorial Global Award for outstanding contributions to the promotion of human rights at the 26th Anniversary Global Awards of the Priyadarshni Academy in Mumbai, India.
  On September 29, 2015, King was awarded the Humanitarian Award by the Montreal Black Film Festival.
caption: King with opera star and activist Stacey Robinson (left) in 2014.
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