Intersections with Phil Allen, Jr.

Episode:  005; “Remembering Rodney King: A Daughter’s Sacred Work”

Airdate:   November 2, 2020

Length:    1:00:00

Guest(s):  Lora Dene King

It was a moment that marked the history of the relationship between the African American community and law enforcement for many people in this generation. A video unveiled what many in the African American community already knew was a violent reality. That moment in history (March 3, 1991) would be the horrific beating of Rodney King in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. This episode captures an honest and heartfelt conversation with King’s daughter Lora Dene King. Lora shares memories and insights about the father she knew and loved. She shares with great vulnerability how she has had to endure the trauma of not only the violence against her father caught on that video camera in 1991 for the world to witness, but also the pain of his passing in 2012.

Lora King is on a life’s mission to inspire racial equality and justice while honoring her father’s name and legacy in the sacred work of activism through the Rodney King Foundation. While you listen to the conversation and learn about the work she is motivated to do in spite of continuing to work through the lingering grief, reflect on how you might partner with the Rodney King Foundation (Rodneyking.org) and help them in the work of racial equity, equality, and justice.

Every aspect of this conversation is sacred: her resiliency, her memories of her father, her responsibilities as a mother, her work to honor her father’s name. All are sacred.

Join us for “Remembering Rodney King: A Daughter’s Sacred Work” on Intersections with Phil Allen, Jr.

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Phil Allen, Jr. is a Los Angeles-based pastor, social justice activist, filmmaker and author. His book Open Wounds explores the murder of Nate Allen—Phil Allen’s grandfather—in the Jim Crow era of South Carolina and how that traumatic event resonated through generations of his family. Open Wounds – which is based on the Allen-produced documentary of the same name – will be published in February 2021. Allen is a Ph.D. student studying Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.