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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.

Bernice King

My mother was the strong wife, partner, and co-worker Martin Luther King, Jr. needed to be an effective leader, and he said so on many occasions.
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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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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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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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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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Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
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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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I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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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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One person cannot be blamed for years of problems as it relates to race in America. This is something that has been with us since the founding of this nation. I mean, we were founded with slaves.
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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.
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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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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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Something big is going on. I’m talking about a society that refuses to allow injustice just to persist without making our voices heard and without organizing to bring about effective change through our voting system.
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I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.
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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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