Martin Luther King Jr.: A man who's works helped change America · 1:23pm Jan 21st, 2019
Good morning on this (incredibly) cold Monday morning. Today, as many of you are aware is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Today we celebrate in observation, what would've been (as of last Tuesday January 15, 2019) Rev. King's 90th birthday. Dr. King, in a few short words was a hard-working man who fought hard for the de-segregation of our nation and equal rights for all of us. Now he by no means did this alone and often enough a lot of people tend to forget about quite a few of the leaders of the Civil Rights movement (not just MLK, Malcom X or Rosa Parks). Yet for today's history lesson, I'd like to direct your attention to the following movie (please feel free to grab a snack for viewing purposes).:
I hope this movie helped you all see how important this man's life works were and how even now, almost 51 years after his passing we still are trying to keep his dream alive. So even in these trying times brothers and sisters, I feel the need to remind you all that we need to stand together and fight for our rights as a unit! No "Black Lives Matter", "White Lives Matter" or whatever it would be. No we must band together as a nation and stop this injustice upon OUR land and OUR rights! Now if I may, I'd like to share an excerpt from Rev. King's famous "I Have A Dream" speech.:
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note in so far as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy; now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice; now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood; now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content, will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
Thank you and God bless,
-PH 20 (a.k.a a proud mixed woman)
i look up to him i really do but i can't be like him i don't have the right mind set or look
I’m very respectful and proud of him for what he’s done. He definitely made a change in several lives. :)
I salute him
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My friend, you don't have to have the right look to do what you can to cease injustice. All it is is that you must have a small semblance of faith in the goodness of people.
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And salute him you may! He truly was a remarkable man who was taken too soon from this Earth.
Saw the thumbnail and thought it was the Captain Planet episode.
EDIT: Wow. Didn't know that speech was copyrighted. That's just wrong.
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There was a Captain Planet episode on MLK Jr.? Also, WHAT?!?!? Why would they do that?
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Why else? Money.
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I dunno whether I should be enraged that they would do such a thing or feeling shame.
Also on the episode, wow! Did not know that existed.