Bernice King visits Fayetteville, reflects on father’s and family’s legacy

Bernice A. King (right), youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 at the Fayetteville Town Center as Bryson Austin listens. King was speaking at an event sponsored by the Distinguished Lectures Committee, a part of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Office of Student Activities. Austin was the moderator for the event. (NWA Democrat Gazette/Caleb Grieger)
Bernice A. King (right), youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 at the Fayetteville Town Center as Bryson Austin listens. King was speaking at an event sponsored by the Distinguished Lectures Committee, a part of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Office of Student Activities. Austin was the moderator for the event. (NWA Democrat Gazette/Caleb Grieger)


FAYETTEVILLE -- Though significant progress toward racial reconciliation no doubt was made in Martin Luther King Jr.'s lifetime -- and in the decades since his assassination -- "this nation has not [fully] reckoned with its past and repented for it, [so] we've got to keep working on hearts," said his...

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