Bernice King

Nonviolence as a lifestyle and perpetual strategy will allow us to be on the offense instead of continually on the defense. We will be able to move the ball down the field with team decisions and playmaking versus constantly thinking about how the opposing forces are moving the ball.

Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.

Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.

In 1985, I joined my mother in a protest against apartheid in which we were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. And she was at President-elect Mandela's side in Johannesburg when he claimed victory in South Africa's first free elections.

My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children - and all children - could grow up in a better nation and world.

Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.