Bernice King: The Pope and my father, united in the same dream
By Alessandro Gisotti Just after Freedom Day, celebrated by African Americans with particular emotion after the killing of George Floyd, Martin Luther King's daughter reflects with Vatican Media on the nonviolent battle for equality and underlines the particular harmony between Pope Francis and her father. On Friday, the African American community celebrated Juneteenth, the day that recalls
Dr. Bernice A. King talks about people misusing her father’s quotes
BY SAM HAYSOMJUN 05, 2020Mashable As police brutality protests continue around the world, some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous quotes have been circulating even more than usual on social media. But as King's daughter Dr. Bernice A. King explains to Jimmy Fallon in the clip above, some people are taking her father's words out of context. "In '68 my
Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter on what it will take to end racial inequality
By Anne QuitoDesign and architecture reporterQZ.com Speaking at the TED conference this week, Bernice King, the youngest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King and CEO of The King Center, expressed sorrow over the fact that America hasn’t seemed to have made much progress on the centuries-long struggle for racial equality. “We didn’t hear what [my father] was
MLK’s Daughter Bernice King, Only 5 When He Was Killed, ‘Can’t Stop Thinking’ About George Floyd’s Daughter
By Sean Neumann People.com "I was 5 when my father was assassinated," Bernice said Friday on Today. "I can’t stop thinking about what her journey may be like now without her father" Rev. Dr. Bernice King, the youngest daughter of assassinated civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., said on the Today show Friday her heart "always goes to" George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter —
