Alveda King's doctorate is Honorary (for her politics), not earned.

[Nikki Stone1]

Alveda Celeste King is an American politician, author, minister, and activist. She is a niece of the civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. and daughter of the late civil rights activist Rev. A. D. King and his wife Naomi Barber King. She is the director of African-American Outreach at the Roman Catholic pro-life group Priests for Life.<1> She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a conservative Washington, D.C. think-tank She is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and the founder of King for America.

King studied journalism and sociology as an undergraduate, and she received a Master of Arts degree in business management from Central Michigan University. She once worked as a college professor.<2> She received an honorary doctorate from Saint Anselm College.<3> In Salon.com, King explained her honorary degree: "I guess for my stand on the support of marriage, and family, and education, and life."<4>

From 1979 to 1981, King represented the 28th District in the Georgia House of Representatives. The district included Fulton County,<5> and King served as a Democrat.<4> In 1984, King ran for the seat of Georgia's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives and supported the Rev. Jesse Jackson for president.<6> For the 2000 Republican presidential primary, Alveda King endorsed Steve Forbes.<7>
Regarding Martin Luther King Jr. and family, Alveda King claimed that "Mrs. Coretta Scott King knew that her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was pro-life" regarding Martin Luther King Jr. winning the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood in 1966.<8> In 1994, Alveda King wrote a letter condemning Coretta Scott King's support for abortion and gay rights.<4> According to Fox News, Alveda King has "long argued" that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican.<9> University of Cambridge historian David Garrow stated in a Salon profile of Alveda King: "King was not only not a Republican, he was well to the left of the Democratic Party of the 1960s."<4>

The Advocate magazine has quoted King speaking out against gay rights. At a 1997 rally in Sacramento protesting proposed state legislation to extend civil rights to gays and lesbians, King said: "To equate homosexuality with race is to give a death sentence to civil rights. No one is enslaving homosexuals...or making them sit in the back of the bus."<10> In a 1998 speech at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: "Homosexuality cannot be elevated to the civil rights issue. The civil rights movement was born from the Bible. God hates homosexuality."<11> King had been making public appearances throughout 1997 criticizing gay rights.<12>...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveda_King

[pinboy3niner]

1. Alveda betrays MLK legacy, speaks on NOM anti-gay bus tour

Alveda King ‘Betrays Heritage,’ Speaks at Failed NOM Rally in Atlanta (w/video)
http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2010/08/10249/

[Nikki Stone1]

2. Good link.

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[Beartracks]

3. "I guess"???

> King explained her honorary degree: "I guess for my stand on the support of marriage, and family, and education, and life."

I'd think an honorary degree would be a proud moment, an achievement and an honor to be cherished -- and thus I think you'd KNOW why you received it. Or... are honorary degrees just passed out like candy? :shrug:

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[Nikki Stone1]

4. Honorary doctorates should be abolished except in rare cases of true academic achievement

When someone can't remember why she got an honorary doctorate, she shouldn't have it.

[unblock]

10. i don't have a problem with them as long as they're portrayed as *honorary*

if someone with an *honorary* phd puts "phd" on their resume, that's fraud, imho.

and of course, it's easy for universities to abuse the power to award them in exchange for getting a donation and/or a speech from a famous person.

at my college graduation ceremony, we gave an honorary doctor of letters to theodore geisel, aka dr. seuss. his work wasn't academic in nature, but i think we can all say he earned that award. but the more famous you are, the easier it is to get an undeserved honorary degree. basically, it's yours for the asking, again, possibly for the price of a donation and/or a speech.

[FreeState]

5. Saint Anselm College doesnt even have a single doctorate program

The school does not have even one Doctorate program! Its four years only.

http://www.american-school-search.com/review/saint-anselm-college

[Nikki Stone1]

6. Then they can't give an honorary doctorate.

Where the hell did she get her honorary doctorate from?

[Nikki Stone1]

7. It's an Honorary Doctorate of Laws or an honorary law degree.

Does the place have a law school?

[Nikki Stone1]

8. More:

http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/blog/index.blog/1845274/cns-still-treating-alveda-kings-honorary-doctorate-as-real/



CNS Still Treating Alveda King's Honorary Doctorate As Real
Topic: CNSNews.com
A Sept. 30 CNSNews.com article by Mary Jane O'Brien about an interview by CNS editor-in-chief Terry Jeffrey of anti-abortion activist Alveda King repeatedly refers to her as "Dr. Alveda King" and "Dr. King." The problem, as we pointed out last time CNS did this: King has apparently not earned any doctorate degree.

As biographies of King on several websites state, King "received her honorary Doctorate of Laws from Saint Anselm College."As a Saint Anselm publication details, in 2001 she "was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree for her extraordinary efforts as an advocate for education reform and improvement of race relations and for her passionate participation in the political and academic arena following the great challenges of her young life." While it's an honor, it's not a real doctorate.

King does not hold a doctorate she has earned, as far as we can determine; even if she had, Associated Press journalistic style dictates that the "Dr." honorific is given only to medical doctors.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. wow. She sounds like a very bitter person.

[spartan61]

11. My husband has a PhD from the

University of Connecticut. I remember how long it took him to get this by going to school part time and working full time. It wasn't easy,
and it was very expensive. He earned the right to have "Dr." in front of his name. Now Alveda King thinks she has the right to use Dr. when it is an honorary degree?? Talk about a freakin imposter!!!

[Nikki Stone1]

12. AMEN!!!

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