Dexter Scott King

Dexter Scott King (January 30, 1961 – January 22, 2024) was the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His siblings are Martin Luther King III, the Reverend Bernice Albertine King, and the late Yolanda Denise King.

King in 1999

Quotes

• Veganism has given me a higher level of awareness and spirituality, primarily because the energy associated with eating has shifted to other areas. … If you're violent to yourself by putting [harmful] things into your body that violate its spirit, it will be difficult not to perpetuate that [violence] onto someone else.
  • “A King Among Men,” interview with Jill Howard Church in Vegetarian Times, October 1995, Issue 218, p. 128.