50 years after King's death, his children are still grieving
ATLANTA — On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis.Yolanda, Martin, Dexter and Bernice King lost their father.The loss has not gotten easier in 50 years, but his three surviving children each bear it on their own terms.”That period, for me, is like yesterday,” said Dexter King, now 57. “People say it’s been 50 years, but I’m living in step time. Forget what he did in terms of his […]
