A North Carolina substitute teacher has resigned after she was accused of telling the class that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr committed suicide and was not assassinated, and that real Christians supported President Trump.

Nathan Byrd, a 10-year-old student at Rand Road Elementary School, who is black, told his father that the teacher also told him and others that their clothing indicated they were 'marked for prison'.

Billy Byrd, the father, said the teacher told the students they weren't real Christians if they didn't support Trump, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported.

King was shot and killed as he stood on the balcony of a Memphis, Tennessee motel on April 4, 1968.

Elizabeth Temple (pictured) has been identified as the substitute music teacher who resigned from a North Carolina school after allegedly telling students that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. killed himself and that 'real Christians support President Trump'

Billy Byrd (right), father of 10-year-old Nathan Byrd (left), identified Temple as the teacher in a viral Facebook post on Friday

Byrd was one of several parents at Rand Road Elementary School in Garner, North Carolina to complain about Temple

Wake County schools spokeswoman Lisa Luten says the teacher told the district Sunday she no longer wanted to be listed as a substitute teacher.

A number of parents complained to the school.

In a Facebook post that went viral, Byrd identified the teacher as Elizabeth Temple. He even posted a photo of Temple in a Facebook post.

A screen shot of Temple's Facebook page shows a 'Trump 2020' logo as her background photo.

Her Facebook profile also includes a link to Trump's official website.

Temple is alleged to have told Nathan and others in the mostly black class that their clothing meant they were 'marked for prison'

Byrd said he is glad that Temple is no longer employed as a teacher at the school.

'I don’t want anybody who is that irresponsible to be teaching in the school system,' Byrd said.

He said his son told him that the teacher began to talk about Trump and Christianity after she grew frustrated that the students were not listening to her instructions.

Nathan said that the students began to push back after Temple began claiming that King committed suicide.

'We had to draw the line there,' Nathan said.

'All the things she was telling us were completely wrong. We had to tell her, "Nothing you’re saying is making any sense".'

Byrd says he is 'eternally grateful' that his son challenged Temple in class.

When Temple reacted negatively to comments by Nathan and other students, Byrd says she told them that they were 'marked for prison' because of the clothing they were wearing.

'We felt discriminated,' Nathan said.

'But at the same time, we can’t let her get to us, because what she’s saying was not true. We had to stand up for ourselves.'

Billy Byrd (above) said: 'I don’t want anybody who is that irresponsible to be teaching in the school system'

Byrd said his son was wearing athletic apparel that he wore from the night before when he played basketball.

Nathan wanted to wear the gear to school to show his friends that he played for a quality team, his father said.

'For her to assassinate his character because of what he was wearing is sickening,' Byrd said.

Byrd said he went to Rhonda Jones, the school principal, to complain. She informed Byrd that he was one of several students who complained.

The school said it responded by 'freezing' Temple's employment status, meaning no other school could hire her while the claims made against her were investigated.

Temple had been employed by the school district since September 2017.

After complaining to the principal, Byrd wrote a Facebook post about the incident on Friday. The post went viral, generating over 600 reactions and nearly 500 shares.

Byrd’s Facebook post from Friday reads: ‘LOOK AT THIS PICTURE: SUBSTITUTE TEACHER MRS. ELIZABETH TEMPLE AND WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

‘This is my oldest son Nathan. Today he went to school as any oh’ normal day but today wasn’t any oh’ day because on this day, he was totally disrespected by an middle aged woman who happens to have been a substitute MUSIC teacher at his school.

‘The interesting thing is that this substitute teacher wasn’t concerned with the MUSICAL LESSON PLAN as instructed for her to teach the children.

‘Instead this teacher constructed her own lesson plan that glorified President Trump and his love for God, country and all Americans.

‘She also delighted herself in her own interpretation of the Bible, a more conservative point of view for poor choice of words.

‘She also found the need to comment on my son’s appearance and the clothing that he was wearing which is why I took this picture of him in the first place.

‘She told my son and his fellow male peers of color that their clothing marked them for PRISON.....YES PRISON!

After complaining to the principal, Byrd wrote a Facebook post about the incident on Friday. The post went viral, generating over 600 reactions and nearly 500 shares

‘To wear athletic apparel while being BLACK is obviously a MARK for long term imprisonment these days by racist radicals portraying to be godly and upright conservative Christians.

‘I thank God for the WONDERFUL principle (Mrs. Jones) and staff at my children’s school by nipping this diabolical discrepancy in the bud.

‘This lady went as far as teaching the children in the MUSIC CLASS that Martin Luther King Jr. actually COMMITTED Suicide & that him being assassinated was a complete fabrication!!!!!

‘The principal assured me that this individual would NOT return to my children’s place of study ever again and that she was going try to prevent her from ever stepping foot into a WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL ever again!

‘(((This is why we ALWAYS TEACH our children the REAL at home so that they can be well equipped in the presence of ill-informed individuals such as this lady!)

‘(((I WILL GIVE YOU ALL A FOLLOW UP REGARDING THIS MATTER AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE!)))’

Byrd ended the post with the hashtags ‘#TeachOurKids #BeOurKidsAdvocate #StayInformed #WakeCounty#WCPSS #Raleigh #RandRoadElementary’

Byrd also praised Jones, the principal, for her handling of the incident.