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Bernice King

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
People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn’t have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can’t be true.
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Friendship Label Myself People True
Daddy taught us through his philosophy of nonviolence, which placed love at the centerpiece, that through that love we can turn enemies into friends. Through that love, we can create more dignified atmospheres.
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Atmosphere Creation Father Philosophy Teaching Violence
My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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Death Father Ourselves Preach Teaching
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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Death End Father Mom Money Ourselves
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
As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.
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Father Himself Legacy Peace Reflection
Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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Afraid God White
After acknowledging that most law enforcement personnel are fair-minded and do a difficult job, it only takes one exception to create a terrible tragedy.
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Acknowledgement Difficult Exception Law Mindset Oneself Terrible Tragedy
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
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
Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
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Blessing Correction Disguise Election Myself Opportunity
The private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
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Enjoyment Freedom Privacy Responsibility
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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College Experience Life Myself Shock Time
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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Conservatism Forum Liberal Myself People Race Time Togetherness
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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Call Daughter Father Ministry Myself People

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