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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We are living in diabolical times, when evil and inhumanity are becoming commonplace. This is not a contest between Democrats and Republicans. This election is about who is committed to healing humanity, honoring truth, and prioritizing justice. Human dignity is on the ballot. Video credit: CNN #HumanDignity #Justice #Truth #Vote #BelovedCommunity
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Some of the hardest battles are the ones no one else can see. There are moments when pain can make it difficult to imagine what comes next. I am grateful that my story continued, because there was still purpose, love, work, healing, and life ahead of me that I could not yet see. I will always be grateful to God, and to my roommate, my mother, and my Aunt Christine King Farris, who showed up for me when I needed them most. Sometimes courage is simply choosing to stay long enough to discover what is still possible. #MentalHealth #KeepGoing #Hope #Healing #Faith
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I missed the father daughter relationship, but I cannot imagine this world without what Daddy gave to it. In this conversation, I shared why I take his life, sacrifice, and legacy so seriously. I believe what he left us through his teachings on nonviolence, justice, and love remains critical to the survival of our humanity. #MLK
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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
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Sixty-three years ago today, Daddy stood before hundreds of thousands of people at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, calling this nation toward justice, equality, and the fulfillment of its promises. To share portions of those words alongside him across generations is deeply meaningful to me. The speech still resonates because the dream was never meant to be admired from a distance. It requires our participation. May we continue the work of making justice, dignity, opportunity, and genuine equality a lived reality for all. #MLK #IHaveADream #MarchOnWashington #JobsAndFreedom
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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.
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On this day, 55 years ago, my father delivered his last speech entitled, ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’. Listen to his words.
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Earlier this week in Martha’s Vineyard, I had the opportunity to visit a home where my father stayed from time to time to write, reflect, and gather with other leaders in the struggle for freedom and justice. Malcolm X and other prominent voices of the era also spent time there. To stand in a place that held those conversations, ideas, and moments of reflection was deeply meaningful to me. I was honored to visit and grateful for the opportunity to connect with this part of my father’s journey. #MLK #MarthasVineyard #CivilRightsHistory
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“Yes, I’m Black. I’m proud of it. I’m Black and beautiful.” #MLK #BlackHistoryMonth
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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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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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The real King challenged this nation to move beyond visible signs of progress and confront the deeper systems that sustain inequality. If you truly want to understand my father, study the fullness of his work, including what he said about poverty, education, housing, economic justice, and genuine equality. Know more than the dream. Study the man. #TheRealMLK #SundayWithKing #MLK #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity
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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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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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#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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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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My father’s work for justice did not grow apart from faith. It grew out of it. When Faith Calls points to the spiritual grounding that shaped Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ministry, his commitment to nonviolence, and his courage in the face of opposition. At a time when so much is distorted, I believe this docuseries can help people better understand the faith that informed his witness and the responsibility we still have to live out justice with conviction, love, and moral clarity. When faith calls, courage is the answer. Stay tuned for more. #WhenFaithCalls #CourageIsTheAnswer #MLK #TheRealMLK
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