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Alveda Celeste King (born January 22, 1951 [4]) is an American activist, author, and former state representative for the 28th District in the Georgia House of Representatives. She is a niece of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and daughter of civil rights activist A. D. King and his wife, Naomi Barber King.
Silent No More marchers at the 2013 March for Life (Washington, D.C.). Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr., frequently speaks on behalf of Silent No More.King herself has had two abortions and has spoken critically about the link between racism and abortion, referring to them as "evil twins, born of the same lie".
[4] [7] [8] [9] However, it is likely that the stress of his brother's high-profile activist work and the trauma of his assassination exacerbated A.D.'s heart problems (a rumor disclaimed by his wife Naomi Ruth Barber King), of which there was a family history: three of A.D.'s children later died of heart attacks—Alfred Jr. in 1986, Darlene ...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece Alveda King on how to heal America amid unrest over George Floyd's death.
The Georgia March For Life commemorates the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and takes place at Liberty Plaza, across from the Georgia State Capitol. State representative Martin Scott (R-District 2) and Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at the Silent March in 2009. [44] In 2001, GRTL established the REACH Benefit ...
Jackson and King met in 1956 when King's closest comrade, the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC, invited her to support the bus boycott ...
Alveda King, a minister and anti-abortion activist and former Georgia State Representative who is a niece of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., appealed to rally attendees to "focus not on elections or on political causes but on honor, on character ... not the color of our skin. [41] Yes, I too have a dream. ...
At just 19 years old, Eldiara Doucette — known on social media as "Bionic Barbie" — was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a rare form of soft tissue cancer that affects only 1,000 people per ...