This is from the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, dated 4/4/08.
"My name," she began, quietly, "is Alveda King."
With her first words she evoked the memory of her uncle, slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"My uncle said that we are the beloved community. He loved his family, his children, so very much." She told of watching her uncle playfully set his small children on top of the refrigerator then let them jump, squealing gleefully, into his arms.
She was there, on Tuesday night, as part of the week-long, 40th anniversary commemoration of his death, on April 4, 1968.
Like her uncle, King focused her message upon the plight of the powerless. "There are people dying in this country, everyday," she said. "They are unborn children." The room slowly grew quiet.
"The fight against abortion is a new frontier in the civil rights movement," she said.>>>>>>
King's detractors claim that her conservative message is at odds with that of her uncle. In 1966, he received the Planned Parenthood of America Margaret Sanger Award.
Wednesday morning, at the offices of the American Family Association in Tupelo, King responded to that criticism.
"My uncle said that the Negro cannot prevail if he's willing to sacrifice the future of his children for immediate comfort and convenience."
Later, she added, "Seventy-eight percent of Planned Parenthood offices are in black neighborhoods. Blacks make up 12 percent of the U.S. population but have 37 percent of the abortions. If Martin could have foreseen 50 million babies murdered and thrown in the garbage since 1973 ... he would have given that award back."
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