Preston King (academic)

Preston Theodore King (born 3 March 1936) is an American academic and African American civil rights activist who moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s, facing persecution at home.

King is the son of Clennon Washington King, Sr.. He was pardoned by Bill Clinton in 2000.

He married a white Jewish woman, social justice activist Murreil Hazel Stern in 1963. Their daughter is the Labour party politician Oona King, Baroness King of Bow (born 1967).