Be A King

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

Nonviolence calls us to resist the urge to dehumanize, even as we confront what is harmful, unjust, and wrong. It asks us to remain grounded enough to seek truth, challenge injustice, and still recognize our shared humanity. That discipline is deeply needed in this time. I invite you to watch this conversation and reflect on what it means to pursue peace with both courage and moral clarity: youtube.pulse.ly/tib57olcyh #TheKingCenter #MLK #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity

Data centers are not just a technology issue. They are a community issue. When expansion strains water and power resources, burdens local infrastructure, and moves forward without the level of transparency and accountability communities deserve, people have every right to ask hard questions. Recent reports on unaccounted for water use only deepen those concerns. Communities should not be left to bear the consequences of decisions made without full transparency, meaningful accountability, and clear protections for the public good. Innovation must be governed by justice. It must respect people, natural resources, and the health of the communities forced to live with its impact. #MLK #EnvironmentalJustice #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity

Congratulations to my niece, my sister’s namesake, on her graduation from The Atlanta International School. Whew, time really flies. Next up, Columbia University in New York. I’m sure my parents are smiling and dancing in heaven. #YolandaReneeKing #MLK #CorettaScottKing #KingLegacy #TheLegacyContinues

The King Center’s Nonviolence365® Training offers more than instruction. It offers a path to studying my father’s philosophy deeply and applying it in ways that help address conflict, strengthen communities, and create lasting change. If you are ready to deepen your understanding and practice of nonviolence, I invite you to explore Nonviolence365® Training and join a global community committed to creating the Beloved Community: thekingcenter.pulse.ly/ox2yjbyjz0 #TheKingCenter #MLK #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity

A little girl with big purpose. #YoungBernice

Investing in young people is one way we help shape the future. When youth learn the leadership qualities of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, they gain more than knowledge. They gain tools to lead with courage, purpose, and compassion. Support The King Center’s youth leadership programs by donating today at thekingcenter.pulse.ly/ihmncdemqd or text MLKGIVE to 44321. #TheKingCenter #MLK #YouthLeadership

My father showed us that nonviolence is not passive and it is not weak. It is love organized into action. It is courage disciplined enough to confront injustice without surrendering our humanity. That truth still matters now. In this season of ongoing attacks on voting rights and efforts to turn us against one another, we are called to do more than react. We are called to organize, build, and move with the kind of moral force that can challenge systems and transform society. My father did not just dream of a better world. He helped build the power to bring change, and that same work is still before us. #MLK #VotingRights #Montgomery #Nonviolence365

Speaking at Fortune’s Workplace Innovation Summit, Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of The King Center, says corporate retreats from DEI initiatives expose which companies genuinely cared. #DEI #CorporateCare #WorkplaceCulture #Nonviolence365 #TheKingCenter fortune.com/2026/05/19/cor…

When this nation can create billion dollar funds for political allies and supporters, but still will not address reparations for the descendants of slaves, that is not incapacity. That is choice. America is capable of repair. It has yet to choose justice. #Reparations

There is still much misunderstanding about my father’s faith and how deeply it shaped his life, leadership, and commitment to justice. When Faith Calls helps bring that truth into clearer focus. His ministry, his moral courage, and his methodology of nonviolence were all grounded in faith. I hope this docuseries encourages deeper reflection on the spiritual foundation of his witness and the ongoing call to live our faith through justice, love, and action. When faith calls, courage is the answer. Stay tuned for more. #WhenFaithCalls #CourageIsTheAnswer #MLK #TheKingCenter

Local elections matter deeply because they shape so much of what we experience in our daily lives. While presidential elections draw more attention, local races often determine decisions that affect our schools, public safety, housing, transportation, courts, and quality of life. On Election Day, let us remember that democracy is not only national. It is local, personal, and powerful. Vote like your community depends on it, because it does. #MLK #VotingRights

On what would have been Malcolm X’s 101st birthday, I honor a life that challenged this nation to confront truth, injustice, and the cost of denying human dignity. May we continue to reflect on the urgency of freedom, self determination, and justice. #MalcolmX #MLK

Today is Primary Election Day in Georgia and in states across the country. My parents understood that voting is both a right and a responsibility. We honor their legacy not only in what we say, but in what we do. Especially in this moment, we cannot afford apathy. Vote, stay engaged, and encourage someone else to do the same. #MLK #VotingRights #CorettaScottKing

On this day in 1896, 130 years ago, the Supreme Court handed down Plessy v. Ferguson and gave legal sanction to the lie of “separate but equal.” That decision helped entrench racial segregation for generations. The Supreme Court has gotten it wrong before, and when it does, the consequences are profound. In this moment, as voting rights are again being weakened, we must remember that justice cannot depend on courts alone. We must stay vigilant, organized, and committed to protecting our rights and our democracy. #MLK #VotingRights #PlessyvFerguson #SupremeCourt

I am one of the children of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that David Banner said would agree with his opinions about my father. Please see my response here. While David Banner is certainly entitled to his opinions, he is off base regarding the comments about my father that he recently shared with Cam Newton. Harry Belafonte said that my father supposedly told him “he feared he had integrated his people into a burning house.” I can only reference what we have record of my father saying, including what he shares in this 1967 interview with NBC News: youtu.be/2xsbt3a7K-8?si… It is important to understand that Daddy’s goal was never assimilation or Black people simply being in the same spaces as White people. In fact, in “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”, he wrote: “Let us, therefore, not think of our movement as one that seeks to integrate the Negro into all the existing values of American society. Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny, to a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humaneness.” He was leading and a part of work for equitable distribution of resources, fairness and justice in housing, banking, and education, and other outcomes of the eradication of what he called the Triple Evils of Racism, Militarism, and Poverty. Conquering these Evils was a part of that “dream” he spoke about on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. In the seldom read, heard or shared parts of “I Have a Dream,” Daddy spoke about police brutality, reparations, economic disparities, and voting rights. Please listen, watch, and read it fully and with keen attention. His dream was never weak, about acquiescence to injustice, or centered on a colorblind society in which negative peace (void of justice) prevails. His dream was that we would work together to rid our World House of the despair of poverty, the destruction of war, and the degradation of racism. He believed that the principled approach and bold, strategic methods of nonviolence would get us to that goal and dream, and continued to proclaim this belief the night before he was assassinated in his final speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” I encourage you to listen to that entire speech, in which he shares about economic justice, a “bank-in” to support Black banks, and supporting Black insurance companies. He had increased his focus on dismantling “the inseparable twins of economic and racial injustice” (Research SCLC’s Operation Breadbasket), while at the same time courageously challenging the U.S. government on militarism, with attention on the Vietnam War. And the more he considered the utter moral and legislative failure of this nation to turn from the Triple Evils, the more he felt compelled to declare a prophetic warning about the consequences of that failure. Had he not been assassinated, the sermon Daddy would have delivered that Sunday was “America May Go to Hell.” Because of my father’s profound love for this country and the world, he was profoundly disappointed by inhumanity and injustice. Yet he was still committed to “making of this old world a new world.” That’s why he was in Memphis to work on dignity and livable wages for sanitation workers. That’s why he spoke in “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” of “nonviolence or nonexistence.” That’s why, in that same speech, which would be his last, he powerfully proclaimed, “I believe that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.” These are not the words of a man who had lost hope or who “disliked” the progress he worked on and led. I encourage you to read Daddy’s writings and listen to his speeches. Please do critical analysis of people’s comments and don’t take sound bites and run with them. I know that my father’s life, activism, and teachings remain of great interest to people. That’s good. What would be truly impactful is if that interest and deeper study were used to drive out hate, eradicate the Triple Evils, and create a humane, just global society.

I enjoyed the Atlanta Dream home opener yesterday at State Farm Arena. The sold out crowd brought incredible energy, and it was good to see so much support for women’s basketball in our city. #AtlantaDream #HomeGrown #WNBA

We are still carrying the energy of yesterday’s National Day of Action for Voting Rights in Montgomery. Grateful for every leader, organizer, and community member who showed up committed to protecting democracy and continuing the movement. #MLK #VotingRights #BelovedCommunity #Montgomery

Sixty nine years ago today, on May 17, 1957, my father delivered “Give Us the Ballot.” Its message still speaks with urgency. At a time when voting rights continue to be challenged and weakened, his words remind us that the ballot is about dignity, representation, and the power to help shape a just society. That call is still before us. I invite you to watch the full speech and reflect on what it still calls us to do: youtu.pulse.ly/zc8dwstmt3 #MLK #VotingRights #BelovedCommunity #Nonviolence365

We are energized after a powerful day at the National Day of Action. Leaders, organizers, and determined people came together to defend democracy, protect voting rights, and make clear that we will not be silent in the face of injustice. I was honored to stand with so many who understand that this is not the time to retreat. It is the time to act. The movement continues, and so does our resolve. #MLK #VotingRights #BelovedCommunity

I’m heading to Montgomery because the fight for voting rights will now be won state by state and community by community. I hope you will join us there, or organize in your city. This is a time to protect our power, defend democracy, and keep moving forward together. #AllRoadsSouth #FreedomSummer2026