bernice king, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are ceo of the king centre in atlanta, georgia.ate father, martin luther king, you are a church minister, you also preach his message of coexistence. when you look around the world today, including the united states, do you see coexistence between different peoples? you certainly see it in — in various places, when i travel around the nation and the world, but i think holistically we have a lot of work to do in terms of understanding our different cultures, appreciating them, respecting them, and finding a common way to move forward in society. because, you know, we have a society of laws and opportunities. and i think that's where much of the friction lies. so, just looking at the united states, algernon austin, who's an african—american, he wrote a book called america is not post—racial. he says the civil rights movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s, that it failed more than it succeeded. he thinks that you didn't make progress on desegregation. he says "today, in my city, washington, dc, which is more than a third white, there is not a

my guest is his daughter, bernice king. what do she of race relations in his make of race relations in his country today? bernice king, welcomed the hardtalk. thank you. us ceo of the king centre in atlanta, georgia, like your late father martin luther king, you are a church minister and you also preaches message of coexistence. when you look around the world today, including the united states, do you see coincidences between different people? you certainly said in various places, when i travel around the nation and the world but i think holistically, we have a lot of work to do in terms of understanding of different cultures, appreciating them, respecting them and finding a common way to move forward in society because we have a society of laws and opportunities and i think thatis laws and opportunities and i think that is where much of the friction lies. so just looking that is where much of the friction lies. sojust looking at that is where much of the friction lies. so just looking at the united states, an african—ameri

king's youngest child, bernice king. old when your father was killed. what does it mean to you to see these major tributes to your dad, people marching, listening to his speeches, remembering his legacy all these years later? >> first of all, wolf, thank you for having me on today. i'm always honored and humbled whenever i hear people referring to my father and whenever we have these moments because, you know, i was raised in a household where my mother taught us about my father, always invoking his words. so i developed a deep appreciation through the years of his teachings, and i think in the way that our world is today, that now, perhaps more than ever before, we need the teachings of dr. king. his words were so poignant at the time, and they're still very relevant now. the legacy that he's left for us of nonviolent, social change, and peace with justice is something that, you know, resonates. you know, i hope that people will use this day to not only just commemorate and remember but really act in his spirit to bring

bernice king. [applause] dr king: god bless you.in christ, my brothers and sisters, this is not on the program, but the holy spirit is leading me to ask my brother, martin king, to come up and stand with me. [applause] dr king: i think it is important that you see two of the children who lost their daddy 50 years ago tomorrow to an assassin's bullet. and as we stand here tonight, he is going to speak in just a moment, and he will bring his family. let me just say that many people don't know, but the trauma that we have dealt with as a family has been overwhelming. we lost a daddy to an assassin's bullet. we lost an uncle mysteriously in a swimming pool because he knew something about that assassination. we lost a grandmother to a bullet when she was killed while playing the organ at our church when i was 11 years of age. but we kept going. and each of us have dealt with it in different ways, and as i stand here today and as martin stands here today, my brother dexter also stands here today. but he is dealing with the grief in ways t

i just sent $500 to bernice king . 50 years after dr. king, and we are just going to next week acknowledge it. selling sheets and towels next week. i did them to have a white sale next week. we need to tell our stories. for those of you who are not 50 plus yet, i'm 29 for the second time. i'm still a millennial. i'm coming back. here i am. i'm celebrating dr. king, commemorating dr. king, but not the dr. king everyone wants you to dream about. i'm commemorating the dr. king that pushed us, that challenged us, the dr. king told us to go ahead and stir up some good trouble. the dr. king reminded us that we must take care of poor people and speak up. the dr. king who was a champion for equality. let us use this moment next week to tell our story, to remind this country that we are not there yet. we are prepared to hurry history. i know some of you are all involved in what is going to happen to donald trump. i'll tell you, storm is brewing. i'm going to tell you what is going to happen. come november 6, 2018, donald trump is going to wake up

he's way out there trying to keep things going like reverend bernice king. one of the things mrs. king always say to us, the younger guys and ladies in the organization is that you got to decide if you want to be famous or great. martin decided he was going to be great and greatness sometimes requires that you do things that are not popular. that's where he was when he was killed. so we are marching with the sanitation workers the organization, who were the ones he went, dealing with the issues of labor, who are now under attack. this same very union is under attack in the supreme court with a decision that martin luther king died for, we are going to grave in atlanta. 50 years later, we are facing some of the same issues, thank god some progress is made because a pan like dr. king and ladies that stood gave their lives that we could at least be sitting here discussing the possibility of america even advancing further. >> they will be very happy to have you there in memphis in atlanta. just like i am. thank you, rev. far all of you, catch politics nation right here. also tonight th

through memphis where his father was killed 50 years ago and joined him and his sister reverend bernice kingther dexter at the crypt as he watched them stand there in the exact hour that their father had been killed. i was a little disturbed that a lot of people were paying more attention to dr. king's -- how he was killed than why he was killed. he was killed because he stood up against militaryism and stood up against the forces that have economic inequality and he stood up against racism. he fought for people that have the right to vote for union workers or organizers like lee sanders and others raised in memphis with the march this week. he fought against the military intervention in vietnam. he did not get hit by driveby shooting. it was those that wanted to stop a dream of equality, fairness and economic justice. it's yees easy to sit around ank about how he died, it's more -- it's more of a real come to you and i and challenge to talk about why he died. and what he stood for because then we have to do something to continue that. the dream lives on. the assignments are clear. will you

bernice king. [applause] dr king: i bless you. christ, my brothers and sisters, this is not on the program, but the holy me to ask myding brother, martin king, to come up and stand with me. [applause] dr king: i think it is important that we see two of the children who lost their daddy 50 years ago tomorrow. to an assassin's bullet. as we stand here tonight, he is going to speak in just a moment, and he will bring his family. let me just say that many people don't know, but the trauma that we have dealt with as a family has been overwhelming. daddy to an assassin's bullet. inlost an uncle mysteriously a swimming pool because he knew something about that assassination. we lost a grandmother to a when she was killed while playing the organ at our church when i was 11 years of age. but we kept going. and each of us have dealt with it in different ways, and as i stand here today and as martin stands here today, my brother dexter also stands here today. he is dealing with the grief in ways that are different than even me and martin, so

his daughter bernice king took to the same podium with a damning assessment of the state of the countryars, dealt with as that he challenged us to deal with the last vestiges of racism. doctor king travel to memphis because he saw the city in the pie as a sanitation workers as part of his larger campaign against poverty. loss prohibiting segregation and enshrining the right to vote for all lead to integration. but true equality he believed in fighting economic injustice. on the balcony of the lorraine motel, he was assassinated by a sniper. the federal shot was fired at 6:01pm. and to mark the moment, bills will bring care and across the nation 39 times to honour the number of years doctor king lived. when reflecting on his legacy, his contribution to american history compared with the shortness of his life is striking and inspiring. let's cross over to the bbc‘s nada tawfik in memphis. and ron christine. good to see you. good to see you. ryan christie is with me. the bbc‘s political a nalysts. with me. the bbc‘s political analysts. ron, ithink with me. the bbc‘s political analysts. ron

bernice king, doctor barbara skinner, dr. malveaux, and many others. hazel is not only one of our foremost journalist in our country today, she's also knows a little something about how to assemble some of our greatest thought leaders from our country and community. congratulations. hazel, on another magnificent event, my friends, i'm here today to discuss one of the most pressing issues facing african-americans, and how to close the homeownership gap, and how to build legacy wealth. today our rate of home ownership lurks near the bottom. this most recent recession put us in trouble, african-americans especially. we dropped from a pre-recession high of 49% to an unacceptable rate of 42%. we lost billions in real estate. and today, over one half of all african-americans are renting. we are paying somebody's a mortgage note. those who do not live in our communities. if we can help put somebody in the white house, if we can get out and vote and cause the person to be over housing, the housing administration, we can do all this, and we can't put our people

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hundreds showed up in mason temple for a tribute to king's famous final public address, better known as the mountaintop speech. his daughter bernice were among the guests. and in the next half hour we'll bring you the little know story of dr. king and a group of college students from prairie view a&m in texas. they were an elite acapella choir who sang privately for king and lifted his spirits only weeks before his death here at the lorraine motel. bianna. >> to think of what was to come for these kids when they finally got to meet dr. king. >> i'm looking forward to that piece. but james, i have a question before you go. because i'm thinking you do the plum assignment today. what is it like for you being there today of all days? >> reporter: you know what, it really just drives home the point of how significant all that dr. king and his ra so-- a associates did and being honest with you, the sanitation workers on strike, drove the point home, what they sacrificed and i'm deeply appreciative. >> i remember they marching with signs that say "i am a man." >> and you think about a giant like that in public life who can have a legacy,

. >> king's youngest daughter, bernice, to word a new exhibit honoring her father's life. of monday, she comes to this place not just to remember what happened half a century ago, but to celebrate the enduring impact king continues to have on american society. >> he left us with a blueprint for moving forward. >> chris, the national civil rights museum is going to mark the moment king was assassinated, 6:01:00 p.m. central time, by ringing a bell and then enter go minute increments, bells will begin to toll throughout the city of memphis and then nationally and then around the world. chris? >> chris: jonathan serrie jonathan serrie reporting tonight for memphis. jonathan, thank you. up next summer republicans and it meant candidates in indiana try to out jump each other in the primary. first, here's what fox are affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 25 in oklahoma city, a student during teachers and a third day of protests at the state capital over pay and funding issues. oklahoma's republican governor mary fallin is comparing the teachers to teenagers wh

martin luther king iii was 10 when his father died, dexter was 7, bernice, 5. >> it is hard to forget the images and -- and sometimes i have to catch myself because i get emotional. martin and i were watching television. and even to this day when i see a breaking news flash, i, i have ptsd. so even though it has been 50 years, it doesn't seem like it for me. it seems like it was yesterday. >> bernice, what do you remember? >> what i do vividly remember is -- the day of the funeral. i am sitting right on the corner here. at ebeneezer. in my mother's lap. and so mom said he couldn't speak to me. but a child kind of knows the dad's voice. >> i think about my own death and i think about my own funeral. >> if you look at the film. i am looking around. like, where is he? so i remember that to this day. in this sanctuary. >> this was to be a peaceful march to city hall. >> 68 was a time when your father's popularity was waning. >> mom used to say something like, because, his, his voice is silenced now he is loved. >> what does that mean? >> we sort of dumb down dad to some degree. he was a d

martin luther king iii was ten when his father died, dexter was seven, and bernice five. >> it's hard to forget the images and sometimes i have to catch myself, because i get emotional. martin and i were watching television, and even to this day when i see a breaking news flash, i have p.t.s.d. so even though it's been 50 years, it doesn't seem like it. for me it seems like it was yesterday. >> reporter: bernice, what do you remember? >> what i do vividly remember is the day of the funeral. so i'm sitting right on the corner here at ebenezer. i'm in my mother's lap. and so mom said he couldn't speak to me, but a child kind of >>ows a dad's voice. >> i think about my own death and i think about my own funeral. >> and if you look at the film, i'm looking around, like where is he? so i remember that to this day in this sanctuary. >> this was to be a peaceful march to city hall-- >> reporter: '68 was a time when your father's popularity was waning. >> mom used to say something like, because his voice is silenced, now he's loved. >> reporter: what does that mean? >> we sort of dumb down da