She once served as a senior fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank.

King says her mother wanted to abort her so she could continue college, but her grandfather was able to persuade her to keep her child.

[7][8][9][10] Martin Luther King Sr. wrote in his autobiography, "Alveda had been up the night before, she said, talking with her father and watching a television movie with him.

But he had wanted to stay up and Alveda left him sitting in an easy chair, staring at the TV, when she went off to bed. ...

"[11] King studied journalism[12] and sociology as an undergraduate and received a Master of Arts degree in business management from Central Michigan University.

"[20] King is a member of the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission, having been nominated to the position by President Donald Trump in 2018.

[23] King voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, stating, "I pray that all polar opposites learn to Agape Love, live, and work together as brothers and sisters—or perish as fools.

While I voted for Mr. Trump, my confidence remains in God, for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

[25] Angela D. Dillard classifies King as among the most prominent black figures on the American religious right.

[30] On September 22, 2020, King appeared in Birmingham alongside political activists including Amie Beth Dickinson to present the Equality Proclamation.

According to a document distributed by the group, King and the other signees believed that "the targeted practices of Alabama abortion providers are both discriminatory and disproportionately harmful to black mothers and their babies" and that a legal case could be made against abortion using the Tenth Amendment.

[31] King spoke at Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial in August 2010.

[39][40] King portrayed Gaylee's mother in "Fifteen Forever"[41] season 2, episode 19 of In the Heat of the Night, original air date April 25, 1989.