Today the United States enjoys a Federal holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. All of us have an impact on the lives of those around us, but a rare few have contributed to lasting changes to our society as did MLK Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15th in 1929 Atlanta, and like his Baptist minister father, became a prominent civil rights leader in his local community. Drawing inspiration from his Christian beliefs coupled with the nonviolent activism of Gandhi, his leadership spread across the nation to eventually lead our society towards a pathway to minimize discrimination in the United States. He is likely best remembered for his famous “I Have a Dream” speech which he gave during the March on Washington in 1963. Tragically, he was assassinated the following day on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. We remember the remarkable life of Martin Luther King Jr. with his biography on AncientFaces.
Today We Honor Martin & Coretta
Marriage & Movement: It’s what made this couple’s union so special.
Coretta once said, “After we married, we moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where my husband had accepted an invitation to be the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Before long, we found ourselves in the middle of the Montgomery bus boycott, and Martin was elected leader of the protest movement. As the boycott continued, I had a growing sense that I was involved in something so much greater than myself, something of profound historic importance.
I came to the realization that we had been thrust into the forefront of a movement to liberate oppressed people, not only in Montgomery but also throughout our country, and this movement had worldwide implications. I felt blessed to have been called to be a part of such a noble and historic cause.”
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as much as we must mourn and stand in solidarity with Renee Nicole Good, please do not forget the other victims of ice raids, who are not white. Silverio Villegas González, a cook from mexico who was dropping his son off at daycare and was murdered Jaime Alanis, a farmer from mexico who fell off a green house at the farm where he worked to send money to his wife and daughter Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, a father and grandfather from Guatemala who was hit by a car Josué Castro Rivera, a garden from Honduras who was struck by a car And so many others who were killed or are dying in detention centres, prisons ect racial bias is always something we must be aware of, Renee will be focused on because she was a white woman and a US citizen, but do not forget all the other victims of ICE, may they all rest in power
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— Thomas Sankara
