2026 Jamison Lecture

A Conversation with Dr. Bernice A. King

Thursday, March 26, 2026, 7 p.m.
Margo Jones Performance Hall, 1100 Oakland St.
Texas Woman’s University

Dr. Bernice A. King is a global thought leader, strategist, solutionist, orator, peace advocate and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center).

The host for the evening is Krys Boyd, host and managing editor of KERA-FM’s flagship midday talk show Think since 2006.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture.

Dr. Bernice A. King

Through The King Center, which was founded by her mother as the official living memorial to the life, work and legacy of her father, Dr. Bernice A. King continues to advance her parents’ legacy of nonviolent social change through policy, advocacy, research, and education and training through the Kingian philosophy of nonviolence, which she re-branded Nonviolence365™️ (NV365).

Through her work, King educates youth and adults around the world about the nonviolent principles and strategies modeled by her parents. Under her leadership, the center has implemented numerous initiatives reaching over 500,000 people around the world.

King received a juris doctor and a Master of Divinity degree from Emory University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Spelman College. From 1990 -1992 she served as a law clerk for Judge Glenda Hatchett, the chief judge of the Fulton County Juvenile Detention Court. She served for seven years as an assistant pastor of Greater Rising Star Baptist Church in Atlanta, where she organized and developed several new ministries. In 2007, she established the Be A King Scholarship in honor of her mother at Spelman College. Dr. King spearheaded the 2013 “Let Freedom Ring” event commemorating the 50 th anniversary of the March on Washington and her father’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

She is the recipient of two Phoenix Awards, one which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to society and is the highest award given by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; and the other which recognizes outstanding achievements and service to the city, state, nation and world, and is the highest award an individual or group can receive from the mayor of the City of Atlanta. As a noted author, she penned “Hard Questions, Heart Answers,” as well as a children’s book titled “It Starts with Me,” which is a part of The King Center’s Be Love movement.

Moderator

Krys Boyd

Krys Boyd began her career along the U.S.-Mexico border, working simultaneously at radio and television stations as a reporter, anchor and news director. A graduate of TCU, Boyd returned to North Texas in 1999 to serve as news director for Broadcast.com, and later senior producer of Broadcast News at Yahoo.

Boyd joined KERA in 2001, hosting the nightly radio talk show Conversations. Later, she wrote and produced documentary and educational television programs, including the critically-acclaimed, nationally-broadcast JFK: Breaking the News in 2003, and served as producer and co-host of the Emmy Award-winning public affairs program On the Record. Think was named “Best Radio Talk Show” of Dallas by the Dallas Observer in 2009, and Boyd was declared “Best Broadcaster for Radio in Dallas” by D Magazine in 2010, and won the PRNDI award for best call-in program in 2012. Boyd and her husband Matt live in Dallas and have four children.

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