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

Bernice King

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

Death Father Ourselves Preach Teaching
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.
BERNICE KING

Attend Freedom Introduction Myself Occasion Struggle Volunteer
Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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Afraid God White
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.
BERNICE KING

Education Gift Mom Music Musician Scholarship Vocal
Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
BERNICE KING

Angry Choice Love Oneself Upset Violence
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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Conditional End Father Hope Myself Word
My father literally fought his entire life to ensure the inclusion of all people because he understood that we were intertwined and connected together in humanity.
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Father Humanity Literature Myself People Togetherness
It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
BERNICE KING

Beyond Lose Mom Pain Violence
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.
BERNICE KING

Addition Control Game Movement Protest Violence
My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children – and all children – could grow up in a better nation and world.
BERNICE KING

Better Count Growth Mom Nation Sacrifice World
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
The private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
BERNICE KING

Enjoyment Freedom Privacy Responsibility
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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Administration Father Himself Learning Office Work
All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
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Aspiration Beyond Commitment Life Ourselves
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.
BERNICE KING

Believe Division Effect Father Race Violence
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

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