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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! Today and every day, The King Center honors the rich histories, vibrant cultures, and vital contributions of Indigenous communities. As we work toward building the #BelovedCommunity, we recognize that true peace and justice cannot exist without actively advocating for Indigenous rights. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #MLK #IndigenousRights #WorldHouse

An important message from King Center CEO, Dr. Bernice A. King 👉🏾 GIVE TO THE KING CENTER TODAY. Because the work of justice is not finished. And your gift is an investment in the work that remains. Give to The King Center today. TEXT MLKGIVE to 44321 Or donate at thekingcenter.org/donate We are living in a time when poverty, racism, inequality, violence, homelessness, division, and attacks on human dignity continue to shape the lives of millions. And in moments like these, remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is not enough. We need people equipped to do something with what he taught. Your support of The King Center ensures education, research, training, dialogue, and programs that equip people to confront injustice and create meaningful social change through Nonviolence365®. Your gift helps: • Teach new generations how nonviolence can be practiced as a way of life and a strategy for social change. • Equip individuals, organizations, and communities to address hate, inequity, racial injustice, and other social challenges. • Create spaces for difficult conversations that can move communities toward understanding and equitable change. • Keep the vision of the Beloved Community (where injustice ceases and love prevails) alive. The question is not whether the world still needs the work. We can see that it does. The question is whether we are willing to invest in the people, education, and institutions needed to carry that work forward. #TheKingCenter #UnfinishedWork #WeAreHere #CorettaScottKing #MLK

Hi Food safety is not a luxury. It is a matter of human dignity. Weakening the systems designed to protect our food supply is dangerous and, in some cases, deadly. Millions of people in the United States are affected by foodborne illness every year. Federal oversight already faces significant inspection gaps, and reductions in staffing and regulatory capacity can make it harder to identify hazards, respond to outbreaks, and hold unsafe facilities accountable. In 2026, federal health officials are investigating multiple active foodborne illness outbreaks, including E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, and Cyclospora. At the same time, FDA inspections of foreign food facilities have declined substantially from 2019 levels, raising additional concerns about what happens before imported food reaches our tables. Deregulation is often discussed as a way to reduce burdens on businesses. But when regulatory protections are weakened, the consequences do not fall equally. Children, older adults, people with compromised immune systems, and families with fewer resources can face greater consequences when the food supply is unsafe. A healthy society cannot leave the safety of its food supply to chance. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us that “all life is interrelated.” What happens in a food processing facility, on a farm, at a distribution center, or in a regulatory agency can ultimately affect a family sitting down for dinner thousands of miles away. This is what it means to live in a World House. We must protect the systems that protect people. Food safety is public safety. Regulation can be a form of protection. And protecting human life must remain at the center of how we govern the systems we all depend upon. #TheKingCenter #BelovedCommunity #FoodSafety #PublicHealth #WorldHouse

PROTECT AND DEFEND BLACK GIRLS & BLACK WOMEN!

Like my father, I believe our choice is always between chaos and community. Building the #BelovedCommunity is the daily, deliberate work of choosing one another across every line meant to divide us.

I just published Why Financial Literacy Classes Will Never Close Racial Wealth Gap allyfromnola.medium.com/why-financial-…

“Black people not only worked for free but also had intrinsic market value, and when this market value is taken into account alongside the profits obtained from slave labor, we get a more accurate picture of the cost of American slave…” — @queenie4rmnola medium.com/@allyfromnola/…

The King Center continues the work of educating, training, and inspiring people to choose nonviolence, reject hatred, and help build a more just, humane, peaceful world. Your gift helps move this work forward. Give now at TheKingCenter.org Or text MLKGIVE to 44321. #TheKingCenter #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity #MLK #CorettaScottKing

Nine children walked into Little Rock Central High. The woman who got them there had her house stoned, burned, shot at and bombed — and lost her business for it. Daisy Bates. She was the president of the Arkansas NAACP and she ran the entire operation: selecting the students, preparing them, driving them, taking the phone calls, standing between them and the press. Her home became the headquarters. Crosses were burned on the lawn. Rocks came through the windows with notes attached. A bomb was thrown at the house. She kept a gun and her husband kept watch at night for months. She and her husband also published a newspaper, the Arkansas State Press. White businesses pulled every advertisement. In 1959 it closed. She had built that paper over sixteen years. It was the thing she owned. She lost it because she would not stop organising. There is a state holiday in Arkansas now that carries her name. Her house is a national historic landmark. She has a statue in the United States Capitol as of 2024. She got the statues eventually. She never got the newspaper back.

What our version of date night looks like. 😉 Always better with you, @ArndreaKing

This morning at National Action Network’s corporate office, I had the opportunity to sit down with Florida State Representative Angie Nixon. We discussed the issues impacting our communities, the continued fight for civil rights and economic justice, and the work that must continue to move our people forward. I appreciate the conversation and her continued commitment to public service.

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“Please remember that my great grandmother was a slave. My grandmother was a sharecropper. My mother was a factory worker.” Afeni Shakur

On this day in 1958, after violent resistance to integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, white residents voted to close local public schools rather than comply with federal desegregation orders. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

What we allow, will continue. ❤️💚🖤 #hostileenvironment #racism #antiblackness #antiimmigration #policebrutality #ice #institutionalracism #laws #criticalthinking #genocide

Arriving at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, and joined my MS NOW colleagues Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Velshi to meet and greet some of the viewers and supporters gathered for MS NOW Live: Together in Texas - We the People 2026. #MSNOW #TogetherInTexas #WeThePeople2026

In Cambridge, Maryland, a powerful mural brings Harriet Tubman’s story to life in a way that makes the past feel remarkably close. Titled Take My Hand, the mural was created by Maryland artist Michael Rosato in 2019 on the exterior of the Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center. Tubman is shown breaking through a brick wall and reaching her hand toward the viewer, while the landscape behind her reflects the waterways of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The image was designed to symbolize Tubman helping people escape slavery and inviting those who see the mural to imagine joining her journey to freedom.

Hitting the stage with Ari Melber at Together in Texas, presented by MS NOW LIVE. It was electrifying! Great to witness all of the people gathered and feel the energy, intention, and power in the room. People are engaged, energized, and ready to make their voices heard. Midterms, here we come.

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Selma Burke was a pioneering artist whose work left a lasting mark on American culture and public art. Best known for her powerful sculptures and portraits, Burke was an influential figure of the Harlem Renaissance, a period when Black artists, writers, and thinkers reshaped American art and intellectual life. In the late 1930s, Burke created a bas-relief portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt after winning a national competition sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission. Her sculpture was installed at the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C., where it remains today. Years later, when the United States dime was redesigned following Roosevelt’s death in 1945, many observers noticed a striking resemblance between Burke’s sculpture and the profile used on the coin. Because of this similarity, some historians and art scholars believe her bas-relief portrait may have influenced the design of the Roosevelt dime. The dime itself was officially designed by John R. Sinnock, whose initials appear on the coin. While the exact extent of Burke’s influence on the coin’s design has long been debated, her work undeniably stands as one of the most recognizable sculptural portraits of President Roosevelt. Beyond this famous connection, Selma Burke’s artistic legacy is extensive. She taught art for many years, helped mentor younger artists, and founded the Selma Burke School of Art in New York City, where she encouraged students to develop their own creative voices.

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