
Be A King
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CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change • Connector • Communicator • Community Builder • Child of Global Leaders
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I put these two clips of Daddy together because I want to share him saying “I’m tired of marching,” then, after continuing the multifaceted work of nonviolence, saying “I’ve been to the mountaintop.” The 2nd clip is from the speech he gave the night before he was assassinated. #MLK #MLKDay #Mountaintop #MLKDay2026
Be A King453,107 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

Happy birthday, Daddy. Thank you for being a bold purveyor of true peace. Thank you for living with purpose and for radically lifting the power of love. Thank you for believing that we can defeat injustice without destroying each other. Thank you for your courage and strategic, compassionate action. Thank you for teaching me so much, even now. I remember you today, on your 97th birthday. I remember you always. #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #HappyBirthday
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Dear politicians/political influencers: When you evoke my father this #MLKDay, remember that he was resolute about eradicating racism, poverty, and militarism. And about corrective justice work. Don’t just quote him. Encourage and enact policies that reflect his teachings.
Be A King1,274,937 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Today, members of the King family joined The National Park Service in Atlanta in celebrating the upcoming (July 4th) reopening of the Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, in which my father was born. I shared my thoughts about the reopening in my remarks at today’s gathering. Listen to some of those thoughts in the video. The Birth Home on Auburn Avenue is part of the larger Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park around the Sweet Auburn neighborhood. The Birth Home has been closed for restoration since late 2023. The Birth Home is right up the street and within walking distance of The King Center; however, The King Center is not a part of the MLK, Jr. National Historical Park. King family members also in attendance and in the video: my brother, Martin Luther King, III, his wife, Arndrea, and their daughter, Yolanda Renee; Dr. Angela Farris Watkins (daughter of my paternal aunt, Dr. Christine King Farris); Farris Watkins (Angela’s daughter); and Isaac Newton Farris, Jr. (Aunt Christine’s son) #MLK #ChristineKingFarris #SweetAuburn #Atlanta #TheKingCenter
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“Yes, I’m Black. I’m proud of it. I’m Black and beautiful.” #MLK #BlackHistoryMonth
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My father's words remain as relevant today as they were when he first spoke them. We are once again confronted with choices that test our values, our humanity, and our commitment to peace. The questions before us have not changed: Will we answer violence with more violence, or will we choose the difficult but transformative path of nonviolence? History reminds us that peace requires courage, discipline, and moral conviction. May we have the wisdom to choose it. #MLK #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity
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I don’t deny the power of my father’s most well-known speech, ‘I Have a Dream.’ However, its power and popularity (with focus on its conclusion) have been misused to weaken its clear messaging about ending racism, stopping police brutality, ensuring voting rights, and eradicating economic injustice. Why didn’t Pastor Lorenzo Sewell pray these parts of the Dream during President Trump’s Inauguration? Because the inconvenient truth (that disallows embracing the pipe dream that racism no longer exists in this country) is that Project 2025 and some of the plans that his voters encouraged POTUS to roll out on day one are reflective of an ‘America’ that denies the comprehensive King. That’s why those who quote Daddy out of context and without the spirit of nonviolence don’t pray using my father’s ’The Other America,’ ‘The Three Evils of Society, ‘Beyond Vietnam’…or ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail.’ It’s simpler to distort the rousing conclusion of #IHaveADream and twist it to push a narrative that authentic, compassionate work to prevent and stop discrimination is actually discriminatory. It is much harder to distort #LetterFromBirminghamJail’s call to conscience to #Christians and its powerfully relevant teaching on nonviolent direct action, injustice anywhere, devotion to order over justice, doing what’s right, and disobeying unjust laws. Who can validate inhumane legislation by integrating prayers about civil disobedience and freedom being demanded by the oppressed, both topics covered in LFBJ? We need to get Daddy’s Dream right, while also realizing that, in his other speeches, sermons, and writings, including LFBJ, he provides the love-centered strategy and courageous path for realizing his Dream. And we haven’t collectively embraced that strategy or started on that path. In fact, several of the Executive Orders rescinded by President Trump this week blatantly disregard both the strategy and the path. So keep praying…but don’t pray the Dream in pursuit of false peace, which cries for unity while decrying inclusive and equitable policies and practices. Pray the Dream in tandem with work for true peace, which, as my father said, is the presence of justice. #MLK #MLKDay #MissionPossibleMLK
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and for us to work for true peace, which includes justice. He said, “Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.” We have much to correct. Here is a clip of my father talking about withdrawing from the Vietnam War and “moral power.” #MLK
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Congratulations to my niece, my sister’s namesake, on her graduation from The Atlanta International School. Whew, time really flies. Next up, Columbia University in New York. I’m sure my parents are smiling and dancing in heaven. #YolandaReneeKing #MLK #CorettaScottKing #KingLegacy #TheLegacyContinues
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January 15, 1968. Daddy celebrating his 39th birthday…the last one he would celebrate before he was assassinated on April 4th of that same year. Not a long life. But it was a large life. Thank you for commemorating him today. Let’s move forward to challenge and conquer hate, inhumanity, and injustice, and to, as he said, “make of this old world a new world.” #MLKDay #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr
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Dr. Phil’s comments last night missed a critical truth about America’s foundation. My father, #MLK, challenged the myth that our prosperity came solely from “hard work”. He said: "Again we have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifice. The fact is that capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of Black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor – both Black and white, both here and abroad.” – The Three Evils of Society, 1967. We must confront our history honestly. DEI isn’t a trend; it’s a step toward justice, addressing the systemic imbalances that linger from our past. Real strength is found when all people have an equal chance to thrive. #MLK #TruthToPower #DEI
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#Juneteenth with #MLK My father talking about the economic injustice of America not distributing land to Black people. Racial injustice and economic injustice go hand in hand. The continuum of justice for Black people MUST include economic justice/reparations. #Juneteenth2023
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“I’m worried about America.” Such a relevant, powerful word from my father. #MLK
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The concept of reparations is not based on race! It is based on status. In his book ‘Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?’ in the chapter ‘Racism and The White Backlash,’ my father, #MLK, stated, "A society that has done something special against the (descendants of slaves) for hundreds of years must now do something special for him, in order to equip him to compete on a just and equal basis." #REPARATIONSFORDESCENDENTSOFSLAVES #Reparations #Vote
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If I could embrace each of you who are facing being more vulnerable with less rights, I would. These words from my father encourage me to look up and to keep fighting for freedom, democracy, and a world where injustice ceases and love prevails. Maybe you’ll find them helpful and a source of hope. #WeShallOvercome #GodIsWithUs #MLK
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