Thank you so much to the clergy and to the Aylesworth and King families.

The National Conference of Black Political Scientists is an organization that Dr. Mae Coates King co-founded. As NCOBPS 2021–2023 President, I bring you greetings from Executive Director Dr. Kathie Stromile Golden, Vice President Dr. Emmitt Riley, and the entire Executive Council and leadership.

Some of Dr. King’s achievements that you’ve heard during our memorial ceremony you will hear over again from those of us in attendance. Our goal is to testify to her triumphs and the courageous ethical risks she took. Despite her work not being adequately cited and engaged in the mainstream parts of the field of political science among her contemporaries, Dr. King addressed these formidable institutional barriers and systematic discrimination head on. To this day, Dr. Mae King's foundational research is not included in graduate curriculum at historically white universities and campuses. Her...

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