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Uncle ml, as i affectionately called him. so in that book, i share fond memories about him making visits to our house, about greeting him in the middle of the aisle at church, and getting a great big hug, about him sending a telegram to my mother when i was born, congratulating her on my birth. but in the second book, i wanted to, i wanted again to have children and adults who are children at heart to begin to understand the work that martin luther king, jr. did and how he did it. he had a unique way of strategizing to bring about change and that strategy is still relevant today. >> mike: sure...

Read in here. >> yes, yes, he had a lot of laughter. >> he was a jokester? >> yes, he was. i tell the story in the book of how he came over for a visit one day to our house and i was so upset because my mother had finished scolding me about breaking her pocketbook. and i was telling uncle m.l. the story. and i don't know what i was expecting, but i didn't expect him to laugh. and he wanted me to tell the story over and over again about my mom saying, you broke my pocketbook. and he just laughed and laughed and laughed. >> what do you think of your uncle's legacy? and as a little girl, did you ...

Book. and she joins us this morning. this is really just a beautiful book. the pictures inside are just so nice to look at. what -- >> thank you. >> as i look through this, you can't help but wonder, what are your fondest memories of your uncle? >> my fondest memory of uncle m.l., as we called him was at ebenezer baptist church here in atlanta. that was our church. my grandfather, his father reverend martin luther king sr. was pastor, and uncle m.l. was co-pastor. and he would preach one of those good sermons like the famous drum major instinct. and then after church he would stand just in fro...

Go there and i will kill your whole family. that happened. thatp whatted. when you got on a plane to come here, you know, i know, i've had the conversation with my kids; specifically about this weekend. what did your family say? >> they keep calling why aren't you home. they know why i'm not home. they say well, mom, i know they killed granddaddy, and they killed uncle m.l. that's more tin, but you make sure you come home. you have bible heroes who are martyrs and bible heroes like david who lived to be a ripe old age. but his enemies kept trying to kill him. queen esther nation was threatened...

Go there and i will kill your whole family. that happened. thatp whatted. when you got on a plane to come here, you know, i know, i've had the conversation with my kids; specifically about this weekend. what did your family say? >> they keep calling why aren't you home. they know why i'm not home. they say well, mom, i know they killed granddaddy, and they killed uncle m.l. that's more tin, but you make sure you come home. you have bible heroes who are martyrs and bible heroes like david who lived to be a ripe old age. but his enemies kept trying to kill him. queen esther nation was threatened...