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“The third of the Kings’ four children, Dexter King was named for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where his father served as a pastor when the Montgomery bus boycott launched him to national prominence in the wake of the 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks.
“Dexter King was just 7 years old when his father was assassinated in April 1968 while supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee.”
https://apnews.com/article/4ac3c27382771b0ff26cd340918f5a16
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#DexterScottKing, son of #MartinLutherKingJr and #CorettaScottKing, died of cancer today at the age of 62. In addition to carrying on his family's legacy of #CivilRights activism, he was a long-time #vegan.
I've been helping work on King's #Wikipedia page to get it in good enough shape to be included in the "Recent deaths" section of the front page of @wikipedia. If you have editing experience, feel free to chip in.