King was ten years old when his father was assassinated . Years prior to his father 's death , Harry Belafonte set up a trust fund for King and his siblings . After he attended The Galloway School , King attended Morehouse College , the same school where his father , grandfather , and great-grandfather attended . King is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity , as was his father . He received his B.A. degree in political science from Morehouse in 1979 . King lived with his mother in his childhood home until his adulthood
his father was assassinated
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King III