Xernona Clayton On Civil Rights And The Power Of Conversations

The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is coming up on
Monday. The King Center announced this year’s theme is “The Beloved
Community: The Fierce Urgency Of Now.” The Reverend Dr. Bernice
King, CEO of The King Center, says her father’s message of the
‘beloved community’ operates out of unconditional love, adding,
"it’s not about who deserves anything...it’s about all human beings
having this inherent worth and value.” Xernona Clayton embodies
those values. She worked with Dr. King and Coretta Scott King at
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the late 60s. In
1967 she became the first African American in the southeast to have
her own television program. She served 30 years as an executive at
Turner Broadcasting System and founded the Trumpet Awards to
recognizes accomplishments of African Americans.