Martin Luther King’s daughter calls for action to match words

“We love to quote King in and around the holiday. … But then we refuse to live King 365 days of the year”

Martin Luther King (Archive/PA)

The US has honoured Martin Luther King Jr with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still has not fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the murdered civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said.

The Reverend Bernice King, who leads The King Centre in Atlanta, said leaders, especially politicians, too often cheapen her father’s legacy into a “comfortable and convenient King” offering easy platitudes.