What does Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Bernice King do for a living?

Bernice King is youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

Bernice King was born on March 28, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia.

What does Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Bernice King do for a living?

Bernice Albertine King is an American lawyer and minister.

In her adolescence, Bernice King chose to work towards becoming a minister after having a breakdown from watching a documentary about her father. Bernice King was 17 when she was invited to speak at the United Nations.

Bernice King was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 2009.

Bernice King was the first woman elected to the presidency in the organization’s history, amidst the SCLC holding two separate conventions.

However, Bernice King became upset with the actions of the SCLC, amid feeling that the organization was ignoring her suggestions and declined the presidency in January 2010.

Months later, Bernice King became CEO of the King Center.

Bernice King’s primary focus as CEO of The King Center and in life is to ensure that her father’s nonviolent philosophy and methodology (which The King Center calls Nonviolence 365) is integrated in various sects of society, including education, government, business, media, arts and entertainment and sports.