Coretta Scott King at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr., comforting their 5-year-old daughter, Bernice King. The first memorial service following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in …

Apr 9, 2018 · Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., comforts her youngest daughter Bernice, 5, during services in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, 4/9.

Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is an American lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. [1] She was five years old when her father died in 1968.

Jan 7, 2025 · As the holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, his daughter is urging people to really focus on his work throughout the next year, rather than just paying him tribute for a day.

Coretta Scott King’s sorrowful expression immediately commands the viewer’s attention in this photograph taken by Moneta Sleet Jr. at the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Veiled and clothed modestly in black, Scott King evokes dignity …

Jan 9, 2025 · King's father, Martin Luther King Sr., and his widow, Coretta Scott King, would close the 1976 Democratic National Convention, delivering a resounding benediction to Carter, who the elder King ...

On Tuesday, June 23, the daughter of the late Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Bernice King, gave a powerful speech during Rayshard Brooks' funeral.

On Tuesday, June 23, the daughter of the late Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Bernice King, gave a powerful speech during Rayshard Brooks' funeral.

Mar 31, 2018 · America met Bernice King on April 9, 1968. The youngest of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr.’s four children, Bernice had just turned five-years-old two weeks earlier. But there she was, in a...

Jun 23, 2020 · Bernice King, youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at the funeral for Brooks at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where her father delivered his first...