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[Book Tour] Desert Rose: The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King

DESERT ROSE BOOK TOUR CONTINUES AS
BERNICE A. KING APPEARS AT MLK JR. NATIONAL MEMORIAL
AND
BUSBOYS AND POETS


Bernice A. King
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TUSCALOOSA, AL -- The University of Alabama Press is proud to announce that Bernice A. King will sign copies of her mother's memoir, Desert Rose: The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King on Saturday,
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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