MLK’s Daughter’s Warning About Anti-woke Rhetoric

January 20, 2025 3:31 pm

ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations have kicked off at King’s former congregation in Atlanta with a 70-member choir’s rendition of Hallelujah and stern words from his youngest daughter warning against anti-woke rhetoric. The service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta was one of many planned across the country on Monday’s holiday in King’s honor. The Rev. Bernice King, King’s daughter, said anti-woke rhetoric is being used to divide and distract people from real issues of injustice. The MLK holiday was half of the nation’s double-duty Monday: the inauguration of President Donald Trump, which created mixed feelings in some civil rights leaders who have opposed Trump’s rhetoric and stances on race and civil rights.