Family legacy is a recurring theme here at Into America. We’ve spoken with the great-grandson of Civil War hero and Reconstruction-era politician Robert Smalls, the grandson of the ground-breaking historian and archivist Arturo Schomburg, and the son of Pan-Africanist leader Marcus Garvey. 

But when you are the daughters of some of the most famous men of the 20th century, that legacy comes with even higher stakes. Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, and Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of MLK, share a birthright of inherited activism that few others can understand. They each run their families’ foundations, the Shabazz Center and King Center, and strive to carry on their parents’ fight for the future.

In the spirit of summer family reunions, we’re revisiting Trymaine Lee’s conversation with Shabazz and King, about their famous parents, the ongoing push for equality, and what it means to inherit a legacy.

(Original release date: April 1, 2021)

For a transcript, please visit https://www.msnbc.com/intoamerica. 

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Further Listening:

• Reconstructed: Birth of a Black Nation
• Justice4Garvey
• Harlem on My Mind: Arturo Schomburg