Who are Shaun Kings parents?
SHAUN King is a well-known author whose written about civil and human rights - and is the co-founder of the Real Justice PAC. King is widely recognized for using his social media pages to promote social justice causes, including the Black Lives Matter movement. King, 41, was born and raised in Versailles, Kentucky. The 41-year-old's birth certificate names Jeffrey Wayne King as his father, but in 2015, King told the Washington Post his mother, Naomi Kay, told him his biological father is a light-skinned black man. The reports about my race, about my past, and about the pain Ive endured are all lies. My mother is a senior citizen. "I refuse to speak in detail about the nature of my mothers past, or her sexual partners, and I am gravely embarrassed to even be saying this now, but I have been told for most of my life that the white man on my birth certificate is not my biological father and that my actual biological father is a light-skinned black man, King said in a statement to The Post. 5 Shaun King and his mother Naomi Kay King Credit: Instagram/Shaun King  This has been my lived reality for nearly 30 of my 35 years on earth. I am not ashamed of it, or of who I amnever thatbut I was advised by my pastor nearly 20 years ago that this was not a mess of my doing and it was not my responsibility to fix it. "It is horrifying to me that my most personal information, for the most nefarious reasons, has been forced out into the open and that my private past and pain have been used as jokes and fodder to discredit me and the greater movement for justice in America.  King said his mother was married and divorced several times - as she raised him and several siblings as a single mother. The civil rights activist said that he never knew who his biological father was. Samaria Rice - the mother of Tamir Rice, 12, who was gunned down in 2014 by police in Cleveland - ripped King in a recent social media post. Rice said she never gave King permission to raise nothing and criticized the Real Justice PAC co-founder for having robbed me for the death of my son.  In an Instagram post shared June 22 - where Rice seemingly responded to a recently released episode of Kings podcast - she said she was given a cop and donut conversation full of lies. Why do you think its so important to tell folks we had a conversation? Rice asked in her post. Well we talked and everything that was said was very toxic and uncomfortable for me to hear that you raised additional money and then say you did not want to bother me. 5 Samaria Rice - the mother of Tamir Rice who was gunned down in 2014 by police in Cleveland - ripped Shaun King in an Instagram post Credit: AP  "Personally I dont understand how you sleep at night.  Rice referred to reports that King allegedly embezzled thousands of dollars by exploiting her sons name. The mother also revived criticism of Kings fundraising practices that came under fire when a 2015 Washington Post article couldnt account for $60,000 in online donations. Rice urged King to stop thinking they are on the same page. As a white man acting Black you are a imposter that can not be trusted, she said, adding that King was a selfish self-centered person who had made her sons death about himself. God will deal with you, white man, she added to her post. 5 Samaria Rice's Instagram post directed at Shaun King Credit: sam_i_am815/Instagram  However, the families of Nia Wilson, Philando Castile, Terence Crutcher, and multiple other people killed in recent years have vouched for King. According to reports, King's podcast episode in question was originally released under the title "I spoke to Samaria Rice this past week." According to Wealthygenius, King has an estimated $3million net worth.