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

Bernice King

My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
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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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Refuse to be disheartened, discouraged, distracted from your goals in life.
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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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When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
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My father really set the tone for us to be a more moral nation, to take a moral high ground in everything that we do.
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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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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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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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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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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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In addition to a stronger focus on better training for law enforcement, America urgently needs programs to provide jobs and educational opportunities in economically depressed communities.
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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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Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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The private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
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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.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.

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