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DESERT ROSE
BOOK TOUR CONTINUES AS
BERNICE A.
KING APPEARS AT MLK JR. NATIONAL MEMORIAL
AND
BUSBOYS AND
POETS
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May 26,
2012, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (EST) at the Martin Luther King Jr. National
Memorial. The tour will continue that night as King signs at
Busboys and Poets from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (EST).
The MLK Jr.
National Memorial is located at 1964
Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington,
D.C. The Busboys and Poets
signing will be held at the Shirlington location. The address is
4251 South Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA (Phone:
703-379-9756).
"When I first visited
the monument of my father, I was both proud and humbled...proud to be the
daughter of a man who impacted the world globally and humbled that our nation
would bestow such an honor upon him. The book signing of my mother's memoir
Desert Rose: The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King at the memorial is
an opportunity befitting the tremendous love, dedication and impact she had not
only on my father and his life's work, but also the world at large, "said
Bernice A. King.
Desert
Rose was written by Coretta's sister Edythe Scott Bagley, who
partnered with award-winning author Joe Hilley during the editing stages to
ensure the story was complete, comprehensive, and compelling. Although Mrs.
Bagley passed away in June of 2011, the dream of Mrs. King to have her story
published is being carried on through her daughter, Bernice A. King, and
Edythe's son, Arturo Bagley. Desert Rose details Coretta's upbringing in
a family of proud, land-owning African Americans from Marion, AL, with a
profound devotion to the ideals of social equality and the values of education,
as well as her later role as her husband's most trusted confidant and
advisor.
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