Dexter King, the youngest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., marries longtime girlfriend

ATLANTA - The younger son of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has gotten married.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/10Xc8mM ) reports that Dexter Scott King married longtime fiancee Leah Weber in a private ceremony Friday in California. The bride is a former broadcast journalist and business owner.

King is chairman of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta.

The King Center said in a statement that the couple plan to live in Malibu, California, where King has lived for several years.

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Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com