Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter reacted to an uncanny doppelganger of her late father at Saturday's Ravens-Texans game shared across social media.
'This post is funny,' Bernice King wrote on X, later adding, 'This man resembles Daddy.'
Baltimore's crushing 34-10 victory featured a standout performance by quarterback Lamar Jackson and powered the team to claim the top seed in the AFC playoffs. But the show might have been stolen by a fan in the stands.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. lookalike was clad head to toe in Ravens' gear and several on social media noticed the resemblance. One user stated: 'MLK done resurrected to witness a Lamar playoff masterpiece.'
At the time of writing, the post had amassed over 92,000 likes on the app formerly known as Twitter and a retweet by Bernice.
One user on X, formerly Twitter, posted of a photo of a fan at Saturday's Ravens-Texans game captioned: ' MLK done resurrected to witness a Lamar playoff masterpiece.'
The man in the photo bore a striking resemblance to late civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
King's daughter, 60-year-old Bernice King, retweeted the photo and commented 'Hmm,' followed by a laughing emoji
King, 60, commented 'Hmm,' followed by a laughing emoji.
The lawyer and minister was only five years old when her father was assassinated. She is the youngest of his four children with Coretta Scott King, who died in 2006 after suffering a stroke one year earlier.
King delivered the eulogy at her mother's funeral and, following the death of her sister Yolanda in 2007, delivered the eulogy for her as well.
She proceeded to follow in the footsteps of her parents, both prominent civil rights leaders, and became CEO of the King Center in 2010. The center offers research, education and training programs on the principles of nonviolence.
'I have a great sense of humor, y'all,' King wrote in a follow-up post.
'This post is funny. Some posts about/uses of my father’s image are not. This man resembles Daddy, tho.'
To punctuate the likeness, she posted a monochrome portrait of her late father.
'I have a great sense of humor, y'all,' the minister and lawyer wrote in a follow-up post
King (pictured with her parents and brother) was only five years old at the time of her father's death. She has followed in his footsteps to become an advocate for social justice
In another post, the 60-year-old drew the line between respectful and offensive uses of her father's image
Another user remarked: 'I've always wondered what his kids thought about some of the pictures,' adding: 'Because some people can go too far.'
King responded to that tweet as well.
'Some of it is disrespectful, like the party and sale graphics that use his image, and the AI photos of him with politicians who are very contrary to his teachings,' she wrote. 'This was just fun.'
It is unclear if the mystery man plans to attend next week's game, where the Ravens will face off with the winner of the upcoming Chiefs-Bills game.
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