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Cultural/Diversity Student Organizations

  • Involvement in campus organizations is an important part of your complete educational experience at UIS.
  • Student organizations offer social, service, and professional opportunities for their members within the university and community.

Martin Luther King Celebration

Birth and Family

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born at noon on Tuesday, January 15, 1929 at the family home, 501 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Charles Johnson was the attending physician. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Also born to the Kings were Christine, now Mrs. Isaac Farris, Sr., and the Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King. The Reverend A.D. King is now deceased.