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Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.

Bernice King

Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter – we’ve seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn’t see in Daddy’s era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.
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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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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
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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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One person cannot be blamed for years of problems as it relates to race in America. This is something that has been with us since the founding of this nation. I mean, we were founded with slaves.
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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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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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My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children – and all children – could grow up in a better nation and world.
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You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That’s part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.
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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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The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
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Often, I am asked, ‘What was your father like?’ or, ‘What would he think?’ These are very difficult questions to answer, as I was so very young when I lost my father.
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My dad was one who – he was nonpartisan, first of all. He learned to work with whatever administration was in office.
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I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.
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I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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