Clennon Washington King Sr.

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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  1. ^ "C. B. King (1923-1988)". www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  2. ^ "U.S. Representative John Lewis (Ga.-D) and Other Civil Rights Vets to help Dedicate 1st U.S. Courthouse named for a Black Man in former Jim Crow South" October 24, 2002. Archived February 7, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
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