Martin Luther King’s Daughter Says Her Mom ‘Wasn’t a Prop’ After Jonathan Majors Called Meagan Good His ‘Coretta’

'My mama was a force,' the youngest child of the late civil rights activists said

Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, Bernice King, wants her mother’s legacy to be properly remembered.

On Tuesday, the youngest child of the late civil rights leaders shared a tweet honoring her late mother Coretta Scott King.

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“My mother wasn’t a prop,” the 60-year-old began. “She was a peace advocate before she met my father and was instrumental in him speaking out against the Vietnam War. Please understand…my mama was a force.”

While Bernice did not expand on what prompted her social media message, it came after ABC News aired a pre-taped interview with Jonathan Majors on Monday in which the former Marvel star referred to his current girlfriend, Meagan Good, as “a Coretta.”

“She’s an angel,” Majors, 34, said to ABC News Live’s Linsey Davis. “She’s held me down like a Coretta [Scott King]. I’m so blessed to have her,” he said. “The relationship is still fresh but you know, I think I found her.”

Last month, the Creed III actor was found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.

During the highly publicized trial, audio was played in which Majors had asked Jabbari to act more like Coretta or Michelle Obama. Good, 42, appeared by his side for several of his court appearances.

PEOPLE reached out to Bernice for comment, but did not immediately hear back.

Her X (formerly known as Twitter) message included a portrait of her mother, and linked to a 2017 article on the HuffPost’s website that she wrote about Coretta a few years ago.

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The piece was titled, “A Woman Purposed To Be A King.”

“Before my mother was a King, she was a Scott from Marion, Alabama, the daughter of resilient, righteous parents, Obadiah and Bernice… Coretta Scott was born to a woman who supported [her] community,” the article began.

As the post continued, Bernice praised her mother for her “success,” “strength,” and other admirable qualities she’d mastered prior to meeting King.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2022, Bernice asked that the nation remember her mother also.

"As you honor my father today, please remember and honor my mother, as well," she wrote on X.

"She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of @TheKingCenter, which she founded two months after Daddy was assassinated," Bernice continued. "Without #CorettaScottKing, there would be no #MLKDay."

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