Children and extended family of Martin Luther King Jr.

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The family of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, includes four children, Bernice A. King, Dexter Scott King, Martin Luther King III, and Yolanda Denise King. Learn more about the King family.

Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr., has died. The King Center announced Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 that he died earlier in the day after a “valiant battle with prostate cancer.” In a photo from 1989, Dexter King takes to the podium at Ebenezer Baptist Church as the image of his grandfather, Daddy King, reflects off the stained glass window. (W. A. Bridges Jr/AJC staff)

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta and children (left to right) Dexter, Yolanda and Martin Luther King III with Bernice sitting on her mother s lap. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. Coretta Scott King died in 2006. AJC file photo

In April 2018, Dexter King, Martin Luther King III and Bernice King were joined by their family as they lay a wreath on the grave of their parents crypt outside of the King Center marking the 50th anniversary of King's assassination at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis. ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM

Dexter King (from left) stands with sisters Bernice and Yolanda and brother Martin Luther King III in 2006. Yolanda Denise King died in 2007.

Coretta Scott King is flanked by (left) Bernice King and (right) Dexter King as they welcome her surprise visit to the Salute to Excellence Dinner Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. (W.A. BRIDGES Jr./AJC staff)

Dexter King during a Salute to Greatness Award reception held at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta on January 13, 2007.

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (left) with Dexter King during a visit to Atlanta in 1995. Peres laid a wreath at the Martin Luther King Jr.'s tomb. (David Tulis / AJC File)

From left Christine King Farris, sister of Martin Luther King Jr., joined Coretta Scott King, Dexter King and Bernice King in the Martin Luther King Jr. annual march and rally in 1995. Christine King Farris died in 2023. (AJC staff photo/Jean Shifrin)

Dexter King holds the hand of President Bill Clinton during a prayer as his mother Coretta Scott King holds the other and during a 1996 Martin Luther King holiday observance at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Dexter King, youngest son of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr., was photographed near a portrait of his mother shortly after he took over a key role at the King Center in 1995. (File photo)

During of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. marches marking the holiday, Coretta Scott King is shown along with her son Dexter King near Peachtree Street in Atlanta. (File photo)

In her role as a spokeswoman for the American Heart Association, Yolanda King attended an event in Langhorn, PA., in this photo taken just days before she died on May 15, 2007.

Bernice King, CEO of The Martin Luther King Jr. Center, speaks to members of the press during a press conference to unveil details of 2024 King Holiday Observance at The King Center, Thursday, December 4, 2024, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

At the King Center on Sunday, April 4, 2021, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family holds a wreath-laying ceremony on the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of the civil rights icon. Yolanda King (left) waits at her grandfather's tomb as her father, Martin Luther King III, and aunt Bernice King pose for photos. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

01/28/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Martin Luther King III (right), Arndrea Waters King and their daughter Yolanda Renee King (left) stand for a portrait at their residence in Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, January 28, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr., has died. The King Center announced Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 that he died earlier in the day after a “valiant battle with prostate cancer.” In a photo from 1989, Dexter King takes to the podium at Ebenezer Baptist Church as the image of his grandfather, Daddy King, reflects off the stained glass window. (W. A. Bridges Jr/AJC staff)

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