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Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.

Bernice King

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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Before my mother was a King, she was a gifted vocalist and musician, whose skill and academia garnered her a scholarship to the prestigious New England Conservatory for Music in Boston.
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Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn’t take classes, and I didn’t do anything to hone my skills.
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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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Nelson Mandela, a better man, not a bitter man, made our world a better place in which to live. His life and leadership exemplify the highest courage, dignity, and dedication to human liberation.
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Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
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Like my father, I believe that nonviolence is the antidote to what he called ‘the triple evils of racism, poverty and militarism.’ These three evils were consuming our hopes for community in 1964, and, fifty years later, we remain divided because of their festering effects.
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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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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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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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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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I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.
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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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At Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.
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Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.
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Without my ministry, I would just be Martin Luther King’s daughter. You know, when people call me that, it doesn’t bother me anymore. I know I am not my father. I know I am me.
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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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Refuse to be disheartened, discouraged, distracted from your goals in life.
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Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.
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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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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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My mother was the strong wife, partner, and co-worker Martin Luther King, Jr. needed to be an effective leader, and he said so on many occasions.
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I don’t know if you realize this, but anger is anger. It has no mind. It has no rationality. It’s mad, and it just wants to destroy.
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