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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.’

Bernice King

We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we’re not careful, it’ll overtake us, and we’ll self-destruct.
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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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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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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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In 1985, I joined my mother in a protest against apartheid in which we were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. And she was at President-elect Mandela’s side in Johannesburg when he claimed victory in South Africa’s first free elections.
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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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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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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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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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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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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 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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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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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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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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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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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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Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
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Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
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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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Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
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Occasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.
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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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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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