I posted this on my other blog, but I feel that, on account of MLK day being close at hand, this was appropriate to share here.
This upcoming Monday will be Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day of celebration for all freedom fighters. Martin Luther King Jr. was a revolutionary. He didn't use guns, armies, guerrilla tactics, or anything of that nature. He used his voice, his vision, peace. He showed that the idea white people had of blacks in the first half of the 20th Century as violent and uneducated creatures was wrong. In fact, he proved that it was not blacks, but racist whites that could be the most creature-like.
The Freedom rides were assaulted and some of the buses were destroyed. Protesters at sit-ins were attacked with hot food and coffee and sat silently and proudly. Members of white supremacist groups tarred and feathered, lynched, and burned black men. If anyone was the uneducated creature in those days, it wasn't the men and women fighting for their rights.
Long Live Equality!
Martin Luther King Jr. was a man well known around the country....he even reached the President of the United States at that time, JFK....his peaceful protest not only benfited African Americans but also other races too, as like Mexican Americans....his fight for rights for every minority changed the face of America FOREVER...
ReplyDeletethis holiday made me realize how young Martin Luther King Jr. was when he was killed... if he had lived how much more different would the world be? his death gave us a curse and a blessing at the same time: he has left the voice to us, he left the responsibility to us to continue the change...
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