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Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, according to statements from his family and the King Center. The King Center confirmed in a statement the 62-year-old ...
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s confidant Andrew Young shares details about the hours leading up to the activist's assassination in a documentary re-airing on The CW Monday.
Dexter Scott King, the youngest child of civil rights leaders the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died of cancer Monday. In a press release, The King Center said the 62-year-old… ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in January to honor and remember the Civil Rights leader. His work has inspired millions, even decades after his death. While the Civil ...
On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory ...
In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...
American Baptist minister and activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) poses for a family portrait with his daughter, 7-year-old Yolanda Denise King (1955 - 2007), son, 18 months Dexter Scott ...
Naomi King, sister-in-law of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., attends a wreath-laying ceremony on the 55th anniversary his assassination at the King Center Monday, April 4, 2023.
Dexter Scott King, the third child of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after a "valiant battle with prostate cancer," the King Center said in a statement.
Dexter King, son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has died. King is seen here in Jackson, Tennessee on August 29, 1997. Credit: Helen Comer/Pool/The Jackson Sun/AP ...