I think everybody has to start looking at language,” says the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. “It doesn’t mean you have to go do away with your core mission, but you’re going to have to wordsmith to get through this season.

She’s the youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She’s an attorney, minister, and civil rights advocate. T

Michael King Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. His father, Michael King Sr, and mother, Alberta King, grew up involved in the church. Alberta’s father was a minister and Michael Sr became a minister after their wedding.