Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Amai vake vakabatwa nesitiroko muna 2005 uye, pavakazofa gore rakatevera racho, King akataura mashoko okurumbidza 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 waBarack Obama muna 2008 uye akati kusarudzwa kwake kwaiva chimwe chezviroto zvababa vake.