User talk:2603:6000:D200:AD9F:BC80:E6A0:304A:C896

CORETTA SCOTT KING
I kindly call your attention to this discrepancy. The article states:

"Her maternal grandparents were Mollie (née Smith; 1868 – d.) and Martin van Buren McMurry (1863–1950) – both were of African American and Irish descent.[5] Mollie was born a slave to plantation owners Jim Blackburn and Adeline (Blackburn) Smith."

Chattel slavery in the U.S. functionally ended with the Union's victory over the South in April of 1865. It was legally proscribed by the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in December of the same year. Either Mollie Smith's date-of-birth is a misprint or, if she was indeed born in 1868, she was not born a slave.

Thank you for your attention.

James Kinchen