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As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.

Bernice King

In the end, I still have the same hope as my father – that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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Death Father Ourselves Preach Teaching
I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.
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Occasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.
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In 1985, I joined my mother in a protest against apartheid in which we were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. And she was at President-elect Mandela’s side in Johannesburg when he claimed victory in South Africa’s first free elections.
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My mother and Ethel Kennedy became good friends and worked together on a number of causes they had shared with their husbands. They together co-chaired ‘A Time to Remember’ to mobilize a movement for gun control.
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Control Friendship Goodness Mom Movement Togetherness Work
Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
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I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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My first introduction to South Africa’s struggle for freedom came when I was just 17. I had volunteered to speak in my mother’s stead at a United Nations forum on South Africa because she was unable to attend on that occasion.
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When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
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King-ian nonviolence is a way of thinking and living and is not confined to the work of social and systemic change.
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Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.
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In 1985, I was arrested, along with my mother and brother, Martin III, in a protest against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Arrest Mom Myself Politics Protest
If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture – in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.
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Addition Control Game Movement Protest Violence
Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
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