Dexter Scott King remembered during memorial as keeper of his father Martin Luther King Jr’s dream
United States AP Dexter Scott King, the late son of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, and Coretta Scott King, was remembered Saturday as the protector of his family’s legacy and the keeper of his father’s dream during a memorial service in Atlanta. “You, my love, were born a King, beautifully sculpted with the physical traits […]
‘Genius: MLK/X’: New docudrama depicts the personal lives of the two civil rights activists
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports that the series includes scenes of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Coretta Scott King, and Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, at home with their families and discussing their faith…
Dexter Scott King, son of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, dies of cancer at 62
Atlanta. US AP Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the younger son […]
Lifestory: The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr and sustained a movement for social change
In a special Lifestory, historian VICKI CRAWFORD looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the lives of five women who influenced King…
BOOK EXCERPT: IN HER OWN WORDS – CORETTA SCOTT KING ON FAITH, MATERIALISM AND GRIEF
This week, as the US celebrates Martin Luther King Jr Day, comes the publication of a new posthumous memoir by his wife Coretta Scott King: My Life, My Love, My Legacy. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, looks at some excerpts…