NASHVILLE, TN — In celebration of Scarritt Bennett Center’s 100th year in Nashville, the community is invited to attend a conversation with Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mrs. Corretta Scott-King, who will be speaking in historic Wightman Chapel 67 years after her father. On April 25, 1957, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in Wightman Chapel at Scarritt College to the Conference on Christian Faith and Human Relations. On the last day of the conference, he addressed some 350 church leaders, the day after receiving the Social Justice Award from the Religion and Labor Foundation in New York.
Scarritt Bennett Center is proud to co-sponsor this conversation with Dr. King with the Fisk-Belmont Social Justice Collaborative, a partnership between Fisk University and Belmont University that promotes social justice through exposure to civil rights and social justice movements across Middle Tennessee.
The conversation, titled “Transforming a Dream into Legacy,” will be moderated by Reverend Sondrea Tolbert, executive director of Scarritt Bennett Center, on Tuesday, April 2 from 6-8 pm. Dr. King will discuss the importance of progresses her parents’ legacy of nonviolent social change in such a time as this. This event is free and open to the public.
Scarritt Bennett Center is located at 1027 18th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 37212. Guests are welcome to free parking in lots A and B on campus.
Dr. Bernice A. King is a global thought leader, peace advocate, and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change. She continues to advance her parents’ legacy through policy, advocacy, and education, promoting nonviolent social change through the Kingian philosophy of Nonviolence365™.
Dr. King holds a Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of Divinity (MDiv) Degrees from Emory University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Spelman College. She is an accomplished author, with notable works including “Hard Questions, Heart Answers” and “It Starts with Me.”