King to speak to her sorority

Bernice King will speak at Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's ecumenical service July 17 on the last day of the sorority's leadership conference in Atlanta.

King, like her mother, Coretta Scott King, is a member of the sorority. She is a graduate of Spelman College, where she majored in psychology. She earned her law degree and master's degree in divinity at Emory University.

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