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

Bernice King

I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
BERNICE KING

Meditation Myself People Time
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
Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.
BERNICE KING

Accomplishment Identify Leadership Mom Myself
Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
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Accomplishment Artist Courage Leadership Mom Peace
I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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Community Division Generation Issues Myself Thinking
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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Change Live Social System Thinking Violence Way
If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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Criticism Issues Myself People
Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
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Arrogant Feeling Heart Myself People Unfortunate
The time has long since come for truth, transparency, and talks in every sector of society, including media, advertisement and entertainment. We can challenge each other, gain understanding, and create a more just, humane, and peaceful world.
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Entertainment Human Peace Time Transparent Truth World
Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.
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Children Example Future Generation Justice Talk Yourself
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.
BERNICE KING

Difficult Father Myself Question Young
It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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Centre Humanity Spiritual Time
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
Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
BERNICE KING

Blessing Correction Disguise Election Myself Opportunity
Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
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Existence Institutional Oppression Ourselves Race
The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
BERNICE KING

Aggression Resistance Yourself

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