Speaking before a packed crowd in Cincinnati, Dr. Bernice King called on communities to confront injustice with courage and compassion, while rejecting long-standing myths about her father’s assassination.
The Black Family Reunion is once again energizing Cincinnati this weekend, nearly 40 years after its founding, with a slate of events honoring family, history, and community. On Aug. 14, Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., addressed a packed audience at Corinthian Baptist Church in Bond Hill. She spoke about the enduring lessons of the civil rights movement and its relevance today.
“Because that’s what happened in the ’60s,” King said, as reported by WLWT. “Y’all saw action. But there was an invisible force walking and moving those people, because they had a certain heart posture. And they weren’t trying to destroy the people who were trying to destroy them.”…