US EditionBernice King sees MLK Day as a ‘saving grace’ in today’s political climate
Bernice King highlights ongoing civil rights rollbacks under Trump, citing poverty, racism, and militarism as persistent issues and plans curriculum to promote humane law enforcement.
- Against a backdrop of political division, Bernice King said MLK Day is somewhat of a saving grace this year as President Donald Trump nears the first anniversary of his second term on Tuesday.
- King warned that we’re at a period in our history where a regime is actively working to erase the Civil Rights movement and dismantling advances since the Civil War with ideological fervor.
- King pointed to rollbacks of diversity initiatives, orders to remove history from government websites and Smithsonian museums, and violent immigration enforcement operations that separated families.
- White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said `Everything President Trump does is in the best interest of the American people,` defending rollbacks of DEI agendas and deportations.
- To that end, the King Center plans to redevelop a curriculum for officers to respect humanity, King urged inward reflection and service this year, and said the three evils remain present nearly six decades after Dr. King’s assassination.
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Why Bernice King sees MLK Day as a ‘saving grace’ in today’s political climate
By KATE BRUMBACK ATLANTA (AP) — Against a backdrop of political division and upheaval, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter said the holiday honoring her father’s legacy comes as “somewhat of a saving grace” this year. “I say that because it inserts a sense of sanity and morality into our very troubling climate right now,” the Rev. Bernice King said in an interview with The Associated Press. “With everything going on, the one thing that I …
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As MLK holiday nears, Bernice King urges people to practice nonviolence Against a backdrop of political division and upheaval, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says the holiday honoring her father's legacy comes at a good time this year. (AP Video: Emilie Megnien) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home The post As MLK…
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