Today’s tweets reflect yesterday’s MLK Day, including commentary by Dr. Bernice King, Martin’s daughter.
First up: Utah National Guard soldiers paid their respects at the MLK Monument in D.C.
“The time is always right to do the right thing.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.UTNG Soldiers payed respects to the MLK Monument in D.C. today. The UTNG deployed nearly 350 Soldiers to D.C. to support civil authorities for the presidential inauguration. #Inauguration2021 #DCStrong pic.twitter.com/34MLwYePHX
— Utah National Guard (@UTNationalGuard) January 18, 2021
Dr. King’s daughter had some things to say:
We can’t skip justice and get to peace.
“True peace,” my father said, “is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” pic.twitter.com/WsOHjBnXY5
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 13, 2021
As you honor my father today, please honor my mother, as well. She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of @TheKingCenter, which she founded less than three months after Daddy died. Without #CorettaScottKing, there would be no #MLKDay. #MLK #BelovedCommunity pic.twitter.com/cLvgTjeUwE
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 18, 2021
Dear politicians/political influencers:
When you tweet about my father’s birthday, remember that he was resolute about eradicating racism, poverty & militarism.
Encourage & enact policies that reflect your birthday sentiments.
Here’s the authentic #MLK:pic.twitter.com/eCJWCVnD1k
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 15, 2021
Insights from an author and scholar on how leaders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have reacted to the Civil Rights movement. (Worth the read!)
In honor of the day, here’s a @washingtonpost essay I wrote last year on how Mormon leaders have reacted to the Civil Rights movement from MLK to today. https://t.co/NXSP3ACBHA
— Benjamin Park (@BenjaminEPark) January 18, 2021
Appropriate to note on MLK Day:
President-elect Joe Biden has the most racially diverse presidential Cabinet in the history of the US, a historic feat that observers hope will help begin the process of repairing a broken country, CNN’s Nicquel Terry Ellis writes https://t.co/QgBcJRd6L1
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 19, 2021
