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Always realize that even your strongest advocate and opponent is a part of the human family; albeit they may have small shortcomings and even strength in them, they are part of that human family.

~Bernice King

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We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we're not careful, it'll overtake us, and we'll self-destruct.

~Bernice King

Topics: African-American Careful Carrying Collectively Community Lot Overtake Those Trauma Us

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All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.

~Bernice King

Topics: Aspirations Beyond Committed Life Our Own Us

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Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter - we've seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn't see in Daddy's era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.

~Bernice King

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Do we want to be successful, or do we just want to make noise just to make it? Or just to put something on the record? I'll be honest with you, I'm tired of putting stuff on the record. I'm ready to see some real transformation and change.

~Bernice King

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I wouldn't say I'm against same-sex marriage. I believe in freedom and equality for all people. I believe that when it comes to gay marriage, that's a political and legal issue that has to be dealt with in that arena. I have privately held beliefs, but when it comes to that, it's properly placed in the political and legal arena.

~Bernice King

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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that's my father.

~Bernice King

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When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother... We might very well have ended up on welfare.

~Bernice King

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I didn't have a father to deal with about boyfriends. I didn't have a father to show me how a man and woman relate in a family setting. Therefore, I have given over my life to mentoring young people. I'm adamant about young people who have been denied a father/daughter relationship.

~Bernice King

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Something big is going on. I'm talking about a society that refuses to allow injustice just to persist without making our voices heard and without organizing to bring about effective change through our voting system.

~Bernice King

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Professions

Born: March 28th, 1963

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