One of Martin Luther King's Sons Just Died

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 King, wife American author, activist, and civil rights leader Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006) and son, 4-year-old Martin Luther King III at their home in Atlanta, Georgia, July 1962.

Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died at 62 years-old. According to multiple sources, King passed away from prostate cancer.

Some of the King family have responded publicly to his passing. Dexter Scott King’s elder brother, Martin Luther King III posted on social media about his brother’s passing.

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Dexter Scott King took up his parent’s civil rights mantle with his work through the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, which was founded by Coretta Scott King to uphold her husband’s legacy. Dexter Scott King served as a chairman at the organization — which is led by his youngest sister Dr. Bernice King.

Dexter Scott King was also a published writer, whose book “Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir” — painted a picture of his early life and the assassination of his father.

His loss has also elicited an outpouring from prominent Black figures across social media — who are mourning his passing.

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