Martin Luther King Jr. welcomed four children with wife Coretta Scott King before his death in 1968 Stephanie Kaloi is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

But in addition, in a more private way, four children, ages 12 ... “But Bunny (Bernice) and Dexter were greatly affected by the assassination,” Mrs. King says. “They were so young.” ...