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[{"selector":"#anim-f5f662e0-13e1-40cb-874b-00d51d2f94b9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-24.50980392156863%, -20.639152350603364%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1558f7d6-4bd9-4d24-8ee7-06960087d3dd","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Dexter Scott King was the youngest son and third child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King.

[{"selector":"#anim-e80dcedb-e55d-46ad-b0e5-afe0cd5ffdb1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0.5743353614398614%, -2.7354774538410336%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a03a4010-2c8c-42e4-be54-6b23149d6fce","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Dexter Scott King was 62 years old after he lost the battle with prostate cancer.

[{"selector":"#anim-45f6b919-d677-4feb-8bed-0d9a23b310bd [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(9.43624385491082%, 24.50980392156863%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-446754c8-c6af-404a-a41f-e951cdc9a472","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Dexter King was born on January 30, 1961 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.

[{"selector":"#anim-312670b4-f0bc-4d72-8960-7e721e53fa55 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-16.03707451195011%, -2.7354774538410336%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8bdb5389-8fac-48e2-a8bd-1a3567005ef2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] He was an actor and producer, known for Untitled Martin Luther King Jr.

[{"selector":"#anim-83551cc3-e574-4516-bea9-09e6ac6e68b4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-19.593029723979644%, 24.50980392156863%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0a745196-42a2-475e-b9cc-62353517d7b8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Project, Ride to Freedom: The Rosa Parks Story (2002) and Emma Mae (1976).

[{"selector":"#anim-60f3e6a6-c585-4fc0-a25a-d42fa7430abc [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(2.332567201872995%, -2.7354774538410336%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6043ca76-0c38-415c-9564-66513f7889a4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] He was married to Leah Weber.

[{"selector":"#anim-1e6164fe-0571-4470-83db-020d74350630","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] As an adult, Dexter King became an attorney and focused on shepherding his father's legacy and protecting the King family's intellectual property.

[{"selector":"#anim-49d0b821-df1c-42c5-87aa-ccaff1d918c1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0.5754832669025367%, -2.7354774538410336%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c8348e06-c373-422d-8385-a72797e30b2f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents.

[{"selector":"#anim-21512b8e-98b2-44b0-b961-8825bbf3805d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(1.4980280005235453%, -2.7354774538410336%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d40beb4c-07c4-40fe-86a4-82f3eb9a8f65","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] In addition to serving as chairman of the King Center, he was also president of the King estate.

[{"selector":"#anim-5ac1946b-0385-40d1-8d89-98ab2bdb04ee [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-3.090557518720793%, 3.5862809009557317%) scale(1.2958579881656804)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-763ca648-1647-4f4f-ae0e-b8a7c8aa9bad","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] His father is the only twentieth-century American whose birthday has been declared a national holiday, the youngest man ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

[{"selector":"#anim-46259710-7c02-4113-aeec-5d8d38be9f1f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4d55c810-6743-4e4b-9dc3-6c8170889f24","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] In past years, the King Center also staged what came to be known as the Kingfest, a free neighborhood event for the people of Atlanta.

[{"selector":"#anim-5f7e885c-3976-490e-a288-f0acc40b6bda [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-4.164345824345067%, -20.327969176405784%) scale(1.4901960784313726)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Watch our next story Next Story

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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr's son, Dexter Scott King.