My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children – and all children – could grow up in a better nation and world.
BERNICE KING
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.
More Bernice King Quotes
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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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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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Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.
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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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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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Every time I go to these racial forums, it is people who are alike, or it is progressives and liberals. So I said, ‘At some point, we’ve got to bring the progressives and the liberals and the conservatives together.’
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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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Before my mother was a King, she climbed trees and wrestled with boys. And won. Even as a child, Coretta Scott demonstrated that her gender would not deter her success, nor did it detract from her strength.
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Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
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When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother. We might very well have ended up on welfare.
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Environmental injustice is a tangible, intolerable example of an exhibited moral laxity and minimal concern for healthy standards by corporations and political structures based on the race, ethnicity, and class of those being impacted.
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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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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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