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“It’s gotten to the place now where it’s kind of second nature,” King said. “I was obviously born into this and raised in it. And I don’t know any other life.” “I don’t know how to wake up and not be the daughter of these great people because what they lived and what they taught is so essential.” — Bernice King Bernice’s words continue to shape the work that all of us — people who share a moral compass that drives us to seek civil and human rights for all — carry out in the pursuit of justice. Together, we continue to carry out the legacy that the marchers of the Civil Rights Movement envisioned — by standing up to those trying to silence people of color, immigrants, Jewish Americans, Muslim Americans, LGBTQ+ communities and those relegated to poverty and incarceration by a broken system. Thank you for being a force for justice. — Team SPLC
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