[5] King earned his undergraduate degree at Philander-Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.
[3][5] The following year, 1920, the couple had a daughter, Blanche[5] As a lawyer, he worked from 1919 until 1923 for the City of Chicago as assistant counsel to their corporation department.
[1] During his tenure in the House, King led successful efforts to make the Ku Klux Klan illegal in Illinois.
[11] After he lost his Senate campaign, he was industrial commissioner for the State of Illinois, followed by two years as an attorney for a waste management district.
[8] King served as deacon for fifteen years at the Olivet Baptist Church.
He was vice chair of the Cook County Republican Central Commission and a member of the G.O.P.
[3][4] His funeral was held at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago.