Bernice King
With George Floyd in mind, Bible co-editors created Breathe Life Bible
By Adelle M. Banks — February 13, 2024
(RNS) — After the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer, the co-editors of the new Bible say they felt compelled to do something.
America is exceptional — in its addiction to violence and war
By Shane Claiborne — April 4, 2022
(RNS) — It's been 55 years, but Martin Luther King's historic speech, 'Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,' rings out as true as ever. To our shame.
Police shooting of Jacob Blake prompts calls by faith leaders, governor for reform
By Adelle M. Banks — August 24, 2020
(RNS) — A Muslim group called for ‘immediate action’ against the officers involved in the shooting of the man Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers identified as Jacob Blake.
Let’s not ask Botham Jean’s family to choose forgiveness over justice
By Shane Claiborne — October 8, 2019
(RNS) — We’ve seen this dynamic before. The families of nine victims of Mother Emanuel church in Charleston, S.C., proclaimed both forgiveness and justice with power, but some folks only heard the forgiveness.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s heirs end Nobel medal dispute
By RNS staff — August 16, 2016
(Reuters) Last month, a judge ruled that King's Bible, which Barack Obama, America's first black president, used at his second inaugural in 2013, belonged to the estate.
Former President Carter mediating dispute between Martin Luther King heirs
By Reuters — October 7, 2015
ATLANTA (Reuters) King's sons want to sell their father's Bible and Nobel Peace Prize medal, while the late civil rights leader's surviving daughter, Bernice King, opposes the sale, calling the items "sacred."
MLK’s daughter seeks nonviolent Ferguson response
By Elisa Crouch — August 27, 2014
BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (RNS) Bernice King and others from the King Center in Atlanta are meeting with Missouri high school students to help them channel anger over the police shooting of Michael Brown into positive change.
Update: Family fight over MLK Bible inches toward resolution
By Adelle M. Banks — February 20, 2014
(RNS) Bernice King had said that her father "MUST be turning in his grave" over her brothers' attempts to sell his Bible and Nobel Peace Prize medal, calling it "outright morally reprehensible.”
Bernice King blasts brothers’ plans to sell MLK Bible
By Adelle M. Banks — February 4, 2014
(RNS) “As Mark 8:36 teaches, 'For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?'" she said. “Our Father MUST be turning in his grave. As a minister of the Gospel, the thought of selling my daddy’s Bible troubles my mind, vexes my spirit and weighs on my soul.”
Pealing bells to mark 50 years since MLK’s rousing speech
By Larry Copeland — July 31, 2013
(RNS) The King Center in Atlanta says it is coordinating bell-ringing events in the U.S. and around the world on Aug. 28 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
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