{"id":20703,"date":"2014-04-08T16:27:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T22:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=20703"},"modified":"2014-12-27T02:30:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T09:30:34","slug":"dr-alveda-king-niece-of-martin-luther-king-for-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2014\/04\/dr-alveda-king-niece-of-martin-luther-king-for-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Alveda King, Niece of Martin Luther King, for Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I was honored to meet Dr Alveda King when she was in Oklahoma for our annual pro-life event at the state capitol, Rose Day.<\/p>\n

Dr King is a Pastoral Associate and Director of African-American Outreach for Priests for Life.<\/p>\n

She is the niece of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, and the daughter of his brother, Reverend AD King. Her mother is Naomi Barber King.<\/p>\n

Her family home in Birmingham, Al was bombed during the Civil Rights Movement, as was her father\u2019s church in Louisville, Ky. Alveda was jailed for her Civil Rights activities. she is the author of\u00a0How Can the Dream Survive If We Murder the Children?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I was honored to meet Dr Alveda King when she was in Oklahoma for our annual pro-life event at the state capitol, Rose Day. Dr King is a Pastoral Associate and Director of African-American Outreach for Priests for Life. She is the niece of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, and the daughter of his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1144,3018,516,6269,44,520,41,5302,48,548,1],"tags":[5340,214,269,2245,369,1212],"class_list":["post-20703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-calling-evil-good","category-calling-good-evil","category-culture","category-destruction-of-the-family-2","category-family","category-marriage-2","category-politics","category-post-christian-west","category-pro-life","category-same-sex-marriage-2","category-uncategorized","tag-alveda-king","tag-gay-marriage","tag-marriage","tag-martin-luther-king","tag-same-sex-marriage","tag-traditional-marriage"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Dr Alveda King, Niece of Martin Luther King, for Marriage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"  I was honored to meet Dr Alveda King when she was in Oklahoma for our annual pro-life event at the state capitol, Rose Day. 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