Bernice King

Atlanta, GA – January 11, 2021 – Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO The King Center, announces a schedule of virtual  programs and events in celebration of the 2021 King Holiday Observance. Beginning Monday, January 11,  2021, and continuing through Monday, January 18, 2021, this year’s schedule includes Nonviolence365®  Training, Beloved Community Global Summit, Beloved Community […]

(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA- Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) has announced plans that The Center will lead the nation and the world in the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of her father’s assassination. Dr. King stated, “This year we will commemorate the […]

Bernice King, the daughter of the late Coretta Scott King, wants her mother’s letters, speeches, and commentary published.

ATLANTA (AP) — Scott Shepherd didn’t fire the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr., but the former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon says he has always felt remorse toward the family of the slain civil rights leader and all who honor his legacy. He reached for atonement Monday evening, sitting on a dais next […]

The heirs of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dynasty, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott (both pictured from left), and Bernice (pictured far right) are…

  Don’t sell MLK Bible, Nobel Peace Prize    Atlanta, GA — The Rev. Bernice King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is calling on her brothers to reconsider their plan to sell or lease their fathers’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize.     King’s estate is run by his two sons, Martin Luther […]

   Atlanta, GA — It is so frustrating to see family members of historic icons in the middle of personal battles made public, but here we are again with the kids of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  They are locked in yet another legal battle, this time over the civil rights icon’s Nobel Peace Prize […]

Bernice King is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her father Martin Luther King Jr.‘s March on Washington, and she checked in on “The James Fortune…

Martin Luther King Jr.’s monument on the Washington Mall will soon undergo a few alterations after critics ceaselessly complained that the truncated “drum major” quote changed the meaning and made the civil rights leader seem “like an arrogant twit,” says Maya Angelou.

Bernice King speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention (Getty Images / MCT) from: mypraiseatl.com As the fallout from the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal continues, elder Bernice King has offered her thoughts on the situation. Speaking to Praise 102.5’s Rhodell Lewis, King said that teachers must be held “to a higher standard.” As we […]

A special NewsOne/Elev8 report: Bishop Eddie Long may have just wrought the end to his Atlanta mega-congregation, the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. A source within New Birth says that the consequences of the Long sex scandal have amounted to a veritable “three strikes” against him. Strike One — Church elders are abandoning Long– The […]

Bernice King called into Praise 102.5 and spoke with Rhodell Lewis today on what is the 43rd death anniversary of her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Saying that today is a sad day for her on a lot of fronts, she talked about all of the problems in the world and wondered whether her […]