Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Amai vake vakabatwa nesitiroko muna 2005 uye, pavakazofa gore rakatevera racho, King akataura hurukuro yokuchema pamariro avo. Chinhu chakachinja upenyu hwake, King akaona kusawirirana mumhuri make apo hanzvadzi yake Yolanda nomunun'una wake Dexter vakatsigira kutengeswa kweKing Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Pashure pokunge hanzvadzi yake yafa muna 2007, akaipawo hurukuro yokuchema. Akatsigira mushandirapamwe womutungamiri wenyika wa
Barack Obama muna 2008 uye akataura kuti kusarudzwa kwake kwaiva chimwe chezviroto zvababa vake.