The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King with son Dexter, Atlanta, 1964
1964, printed later
(American, 1930–2008)
Image: 48.3 x 31.1 cm (19 x 12 1/4 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
Dexter, born 1961, was the third child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King. This intimate portrait was taken by Flip Schulke, a photojournalist who met King after covering a rally in 1958. They stayed up all night talking and became fast friends. Schulke created 11,000 photographs of the Civil Rights movement, giving us inside views of key historical moments and private ones like this picture of a son and his loving father.- {{cite web|title=Dr. Martin Luther King with son Dexter, Atlanta, 1964|url=false|author=Flip Schulke|year=1964, printed later|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.218