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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.

Bernice King

It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
BERNICE KING

Beyond Lose Mom Pain Violence
I wrestled with anger from the age of sixteen. It’s still one of my nemeses. I have to remember that the word of God says, ‘Be slow to anger.’
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Age Angry God Myself Remember Slow
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
Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
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Angry Choice Love Oneself Upset Violence
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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Arrest Election Freedom Join Mom Myself Politics Protest Victory
How do we expect change to occur if we are not willing to put on the whole armor of God and fight injustice wherever it raises its ugly head?
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Change Fight God Head Ugly Willing
All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
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Aspiration Beyond Commitment Life Ourselves
What I’m trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, ‘We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we’re going to perish as fools.’
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Father Fools Fulfill Live Togetherness
The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
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Aggression Resistance Yourself
After acknowledging that most law enforcement personnel are fair-minded and do a difficult job, it only takes one exception to create a terrible tragedy.
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Acknowledgement Difficult Exception Law Mindset Oneself Terrible Tragedy
We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we’re not careful, it’ll overtake us, and we’ll self-destruct.
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Carry Collection Community Destruction Ourselves Trauma
Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.
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Empowerment Equipment Fusion Generation Knowledge Ourselves Togetherness Violence
In addition to a stronger focus on better training for law enforcement, America urgently needs programs to provide jobs and educational opportunities in economically depressed communities.
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Addition Community Depression Job Need Program Strong Training
Do we want to be successful, or do we just want to make noise just to make it? Or just to put something on the record? I’ll be honest with you, I’m tired of putting stuff on the record. I’m ready to see some real transformation and change.
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Change Honesty Myself Noise Record Success Transformation
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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Attend Freedom Introduction Myself Occasion Struggle Volunteer
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

My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.

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