Showing posts with label Dr. Bernice King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Bernice King. Show all posts

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Dr. Bernice King delivers message about commerating the MLK Holiday and voting rights

Dr. Bernice King, the King Center CEO and daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., offered an explanation of the center's and her family's plans for the MLK Day holiday in 2022 after her brother, Martin Luther King III indicated this week they would not formally celebrate it unless voting rights bills pass in Congress.

In a video message posted to social media, Bernice King said she stands in solidarity with her brother, Martin Luther King III, in "calling our nation's attention to securing and protecting the most sacred right of our democracy, which is the right to vote."

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Dr. Bernice King to GOP: Do not take excerpts from my father, Dr. Martin Luther King

Republicans quoting Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘content of their character’ speech excerpt out of context to support their policies is slammed by his daughter Dr. Bernice King, CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Dr. Bernice King tells them, ‘Do not take excerpts from my father. Study him holistically... For people to misappropriate him this way is beyond insulting.’

Watch the entire interview with MSNBC hist Joy Reid on her show, The REIDOUT below: