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===Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally===
===Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally===
On August 28, 2010, King spoke at [[Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally]] at the [[Lincoln Memorial]].<ref>{{cite web|last=MacAskill|first=Ewen|title=US right claims spirit of Martin Luther King at Lincoln Memorial rally|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/28/us-right-king-lincoln-memorial|work=The Guardian|accessdate=August 29, 2010|date=August 28, 2010}}</ref> Before the rally King explained to the [[Christian Science Monitor]] that speaking at the rally was a chance to engage in freedom of speech and to praise the man, [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]], that ''"led this fledgling nation out of slavery, and made my people free''."<ref>{{cite news|first=Alveda|last=King|title=Glenn Beck 8/28 rally: It's a matter of honor|date=2010-08-26|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0826/Glenn-Beck-8-28-rally-It-s-a-matter-of-honor|work=[[Christian Science Monitor]]|accessdate=2010-08-29|quote=If we want to sing the national anthem at a memorial to the man who led this fledgling nation out of slavery, and made my people free, we should be able to send our voices soaring to the heavens. Glenn Beck's “Rally to Restore Honor” this Saturday will give us that chance, and that’s why I feel it's important for me to be there.}}</ref> [[ABC News]] reported that in King's speech, she hoped that ''"white privilege will become human privilege and that America will soon repent of the sin of racism and return itself to honor"''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dolak|first=Kevin|title=Alveda King Speaks at Glenn Beck's DC Rally|url=http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=11504453|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=August 29, 2010|date=August 28, 2010}}</ref>
On August 28, 2010, King spoke at [[Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally]] at the [[Lincoln Memorial]].<ref>{{cite web|last=MacAskill|first=Ewen|title=US right claims spirit of Martin Luther King at Lincoln Memorial rally|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/28/us-right-king-lincoln-memorial|work=The Guardian|accessdate=August 29, 2010|date=August 28, 2010}}</ref> Before the rally King explained to the [[Christian Science Monitor]] that speaking at the rally was a chance to engage in freedom of speech and to praise the man, [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]], that ''"led this fledgling nation out of [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]], and made my people free''."<ref>{{cite news|first=Alveda|last=King|title=Glenn Beck 8/28 rally: It's a matter of honor|date=2010-08-26|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0826/Glenn-Beck-8-28-rally-It-s-a-matter-of-honor|work=[[Christian Science Monitor]]|accessdate=2010-08-29|quote=If we want to sing the national anthem at a memorial to the man who led this fledgling nation out of slavery, and made my people free, we should be able to send our voices soaring to the heavens. Glenn Beck's “Rally to Restore Honor” this Saturday will give us that chance, and that’s why I feel it's important for me to be there.}}</ref> [[ABC News]] reported that in King's speech, she hoped that ''"white privilege will become human privilege and that America will soon repent of the sin of racism and return itself to honor"''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dolak|first=Kevin|title=Alveda King Speaks at Glenn Beck's DC Rally|url=http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=11504453|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=August 29, 2010|date=August 28, 2010}}</ref>


==Viewpoints==
==Viewpoints==

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Alveda King
Alveda King at a 2009 rally by Pro-Life Unity.
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 28th district
In office
1978–1981
Preceded byVirginia Shapard[1]
Succeeded byBob Holmes[2]
Personal details
Residence(s)Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma materCentral Michigan University (M.A.)
Occupationminister, political activist, author
Websitehttp://www.kingforamerica.com

Alveda Celeste King (born January 22, 1951)[3] is an American Christian minister,[4] political conservative, anti-abortion activist, author and politician. She is a niece of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and daughter of the late civil rights activist Rev. A.D. William King, Sr. and his wife Naomi Barber King. She is the full-time Pastoral Associate of African-American Outreach for the Roman Catholic pro-life group, Priests for Life.[5] She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a conservative Washington, D.C. think-tank. She is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and the founder of King for America. She is the mother of six, and a grandmother.

Childhood and family

Alveda King was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She was the first of five children of A. D. King, the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr., and Naomi Barber King. When she was 12, her father became a leader of the Birmingham campaign while serving as pastor at the First Baptist Church of Ensley in Birmingham, Alabama. Later that same year, King’s house was bombed by opponents to the civil rights movement. In 1969, Alveda's father, A.D. King, was found dead in the pool at his home, only a year after the assassination of her uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.[6][7][8][9][10]

Education

King studied journalism and sociology as an undergraduate, and she received a Master of Arts degree in business management from Central Michigan University. She received an honorary doctorate from Saint Anselm College.[5] In Salon.com, King explained her honorary degree: "I guess for my stand on the support of marriage, and family, and education, and life."[11]

Career

Public office

From 1978 to 1981, King represented the 28th District in the Georgia House of Representatives.[12] The district included Fulton County,[13] and King served as a Democrat.[11] In 1984, King ran for the seat of Georgia's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives and supported the Rev. Jesse Jackson for president.[14] The 5th Congressional seat, at the time of King's campaign was held by Wyche Fowler. Andrew Young, who held the seat prior to Fowler, endorsed Hosea Williams. Young, who had given up the seat to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the UN, and Williams approached King and asked her to end her campaign for the seat so that she could dedicate more time to her family. Young later apologized for what he called "some blatantly chauvinistic remarks".[15] Fowler defeated both King and Williams in the primary.

For the 2000 Republican presidential primary, Alveda King endorsed Steve Forbes.[16]

Pro-life activism

King is a pro-life speaker and often speaks on college campuses about abortion issues.[17] She joined the pro-life movement, crusading to offer women alternatives to abortion.[18] Angela D. Dillard classifies King as among "prominent black members of the Religious Right".[19] Alveda King is currently a board member of Georgia Right to Life.[5]

Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally

On August 28, 2010, King spoke at Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial.[20] Before the rally King explained to the Christian Science Monitor that speaking at the rally was a chance to engage in freedom of speech and to praise the man, Lincoln, that "led this fledgling nation out of slavery, and made my people free."[21] ABC News reported that in King's speech, she hoped that "white privilege will become human privilege and that America will soon repent of the sin of racism and return itself to honor".[22]

Viewpoints

Abortion

Alveda King claims that "Mrs. Coretta Scott King knew that her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was pro-life", regarding Martin Luther King Jr. winning the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood in 1966.[23] In 1994, Alveda King wrote a letter condemning Coretta Scott King's support for abortion and gay rights.[11] According to Fox News, Alveda King has "long argued" that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. [24] In contradiction to King's claim, however, University of Cambridge historian David Garrow stated in a Salon profile of Alveda King regarding Martin Luther King: "King was not only not a Republican, he was well to the left of the Democratic Party of the 1960s [....] It’s also well-documented that Dr. King was a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood."[11]

Gay rights

King has spoken out against gay rights. At a 1997 rally in Sacramento protesting proposed state legislation to extend civil rights to gays and lesbians, King said: "To equate homosexuality with race is to give a death sentence to civil rights. No one is enslaving homosexuals...or making them sit in the back of the bus."[25]

In a 1998 speech at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: "Homosexuality cannot be elevated to the civil rights issue. The civil rights movement was born from the Bible. God hates homosexuality."[26] King had been making public appearances throughout 1997 criticizing gay rights.[27]

King is also noted for her opposition to same-sex marriage,[28] and came under criticism for her August, 2010 remarks likening gay marriage to "genocide".[29]

Works

King has written the following books:

  • For generations to come: Poetry by Alveda King Beal (as Alveda King Beal) (1986)
  • The Arab Heart (as Alveda King Beal) (1986)
  • Sons of Thunder: The King Family Legacy (2003)
  • I Don't Want Your Man, I Want My Own (2001)
  • Who We Are In Christ Jesus (2008)
  • How Can the Dream Survive If We Murder the Children?: ABORTION IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHT! (2008)

She also released a CD called Let Freedom Ring in 2005,[30] and she has appeared in film and television as both Alveda King[31] and Alveda King Beal.[32] The Human Experience, a 2010 documentary film, featured commentary from King.

References

  1. ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, vol. 1, 1978, p. 2743
  2. ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, vol. 1, 1983, p. 1966
  3. ^ http://www.priestsforlife.org/africanamerican/naacp-presentation.pdf
  4. ^ "Dr. Alveda C. King, Pastoral Associate, Priests for Life, & Director, African American Outreach". Priests For Life. 2010-08-29. Retrieved 2010-08-29. Dr. King currently serves as a Pastoral Associate and Director of African-American Outreach for Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries.
  5. ^ a b c "Dr. Alveda C. King". Priests for Life. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  6. ^ "The Rev. A. D. Williams King". Time. 1969-08-01. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  7. ^ "Bomb Hits Home in Birmingham". New York Times. 1963-08-01. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  8. ^ "Introduction in Papers". Introduction in Papers 1:26; 43. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ "A Rights Activist". Thomas A. Johnson, New York Times. 1969-07-22. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  10. ^ "Daddy King". King, Sr., with Riley. 1980. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  11. ^ a b c d Denvir, Daniel (August 27, 2010). "Meet MLK's Glenn Beck-loving niece". Salon. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  12. ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, vol. 1, 1979, p. 2059
  13. ^ "Women in the Georgia House of Representatives, 1923 - 2000". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  14. ^ "Alveda King Beal Seeks A Congressional Seat, Supports Jesse Jackson", Jet, vol. 66, no. 7, p. 13, April 23, 1984
  15. ^ "CAMPAIGN NOTES; 'Chauvinistic Remarks' Conceded by Young". New York Times. 1984-07-12. Retrieved 2010-08-29. The Mayor also conceded that when Mrs. Beal said she objected to his chauvinistic attitude, he had told her that her uncle, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and her father, the Rev. Alfred King, were male chauvinist pigs, too. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Check |first= value (help)
  16. ^ Neal, Terry M. (June 20, 1999). "Forbes Pursuing Minority Voters". The Washington Post. pp. A8.
  17. ^ "Dr. Alveda King featured speaker at prolife rally | Spero News". Speroforum.com. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  18. ^ Jacob, Jennifer (2009-10-31). "Alveda King visits Meridian with pro-life message". Meridian Star. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  19. ^ Dillard, Angela D. (2002). Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now?: Multicultural Conservatism in America. New York City: NYU Press. p. 164. ISBN 0814719406.
  20. ^ MacAskill, Ewen (August 28, 2010). "US right claims spirit of Martin Luther King at Lincoln Memorial rally". The Guardian. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  21. ^ King, Alveda (2010-08-26). "Glenn Beck 8/28 rally: It's a matter of honor". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2010-08-29. If we want to sing the national anthem at a memorial to the man who led this fledgling nation out of slavery, and made my people free, we should be able to send our voices soaring to the heavens. Glenn Beck's "Rally to Restore Honor" this Saturday will give us that chance, and that's why I feel it's important for me to be there.
  22. ^ Dolak, Kevin (August 28, 2010). "Alveda King Speaks at Glenn Beck's DC Rally". ABC News. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  23. ^ Cassandra, Adam (August 27, 2010). "Dr. Alveda King: 'Coretta Scott King Knew That Her Husband Was Pro-Life'". CNSNews.com. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  24. ^ Abrams, Joseph (July 14, 2009). "Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists in Houston". Fox News. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  25. ^ "Quote, unquote", The Advocate, no. 743, p. 8, September 30, 1997
  26. ^ "Quote, unquote", The Advocate, no. 756, p. 10, March 31, 1998
  27. ^ Gallagher, John (December 9, 1997), "Blacks and gays: the unexpected divide", The Advocate, no. 748, pp. 37–38
  28. ^ NationForMarriage.org (8 August 2010). "Alveda King on Marriage for National Organization for Marriage Bus Tour in Atlanta, Georgia". Retrieved 9 August 2010. ... 
  29. ^ King, Alveda (2010-08-08). Alveda King on Marriage for National Organization for Marriage Bus Tour in Atlanta, Georgia. {{cite AV media}}: Text "f" ignored (help)
  30. ^ "Alveda King". CD Baby. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  31. ^ IMDb profile of Alveda King
  32. ^ IMDb profile of Alveda King Beal
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