#Dr. King legacy

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Was Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in a Government Conspiracy? What Every American Needs to Know

Was Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in a Government Conspiracy? What Every American Needs to Know

Introduction: A Nation’s Painful Question “Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the 1963 March on Washington, inspiring a nation for civil rights and equality.” What if I told you that there was more than a lone gunman in the assassination of the man who gave the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech?The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, is one of…

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Proverbs Daily Reflection – February 1, 2025

Happy Black History Month. We will be talking about black history all month long. I want to thank those who came before us and show appreciation to the freedom fighters. Truly, "Black Lives Matter." #josephmekaelpageministries

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Legacy of Wisdom, Faith, and Sacrifice Proverbs 1:5 (KJV) – “A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived in a time of deep injustice—inequality, segregation, violence, and lynchings were everyday realities for Black Americans. As a young man, he witnessed the hatred…

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Hello everyone, this is my first art that I release on tumblr.

I hope someone likes it

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I want Watanabe to be cast on the second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters please 🥺

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Reclaim Martin Luther King’s Radical Legacy

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Beyond the Dream: Honoring Dr. King's Legacy Through Action, Not Apathy

Dr. King's dream isn't just a speech – it's a call to action. This MLK Day, let's unpack his lessons & fight for justice in our own ways. Learn, engage, act. #MLKDay #BeyondTheDream #Empowerment #FierceFamSpotlight #FierceMillennial

Unpacking the lessons of the Civil Rights icon and making them relevant for our lives today. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn���t just a man of soaring rhetoric and iconic speeches. He was a leader who ignited a movement with the power of nonviolent resistance, challenging the very foundation of racial inequality in America. While we celebrate his legacy on MLK Day, it’s crucial to remember that…

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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy

I’m old enough to remember when Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 – 56 years ago. That date gives me pause. It did then when I was holding my one-year-old baby boy in my arms and hearing the horrendous news of the assassination of this passionate, honorable man. Martin Luther endeavored to make a difference in this world of anger and hate. It was only five years previously, sitting in…

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Fun fact: MLK was a huge fan of Nichelle Nichols' Lieutenant Uhura! Even one of the most famous Black activists, in the midst of the movement, was looking to see his people in the stars. Representation matters!

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This upcoming (really every!) MLK Day, I want us to actually take the time to read what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. actually said! His legacy is often wielded against Black activists as a form of "acceptable, peaceful protest", when the reality is that his beliefs and actions were so uncomfortable, so societally unacceptable and threatening to the status quo that he was assassinated 😬.

It is a show of respect to him, his memory, and his works that we actually listen to and promote the voice and values of the man himself. Letter From a Birmingham Jail is short but poignant, a good starting point. In honor of MLK this year, let's be willing to get uncomfortable, to confront our potentially harmful beliefs, for that better world he dreamed of 🙏🏾.

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4,000-Year-Old Tomb of Egyptian Royal Physician Found in Saqqara

Teti Neb Fu, a high-ranking physician during Pharaoh Pepi II's reign, held titles like Chief Dentist, Priest of Serket, and Director of Medicinal Plants.

In the southern region of the Saqqara archaeological site, a joint French-Swiss archaeological team made an important discovery uncovering the mastaba tomb of the royal physician Teti Neb Fu from the Old Kingdom, according to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

This tomb, unearthed in the southern region of the archaeological site of Saqqara, known to contain the tombs of high-ranking officials from the Egyptian Old Kingdom, shows that medicine and magic were once equally revered, and expertise in both earned a long-dead physician to the pharaohs a place of honor among the ancient world’s most esteemed.

Dating back over 4,000 years to the reign of King Pepi II, this important find features exquisite carvings and vibrant artwork, including a painted false door and elaborate scenes depicting funeral offerings.

The sarcophagus found inside the tomb was also inscribed with the name of its occupant and his titles, according to the post. Because of the burial location in Saqqara, researchers knew he was important, but Teti Neb Fu’s official titles named him as the chief palace physician.

Teti Neb Fu, who held prestigious titles such as Chief Palace Physician, Chief Dentist, and Director of Medicinal Plants, also had a unique role as a “Magician” of the Goddess Serket, specializing in the treatment of venomous bites.

Additionally, he was known as the “Great Physician of Teeth” and “Director of Medicinal Plants”, suggesting that he led research and practical applications in the fields of dentistry and the use of therapeutic herbs.

Even though it had been looted in the past, the mastaba still has many of its ornamental features. The director of the archaeological mission, Dr. Philippe Collombert, said the walls are decorated with remarkable reliefs and inscriptions, including a complex frieze that displays the owner’s name and titles.

Among the most remarkable elements is the red-painted ceiling, which is intended to resemble granite blocks, a material commonly found in imposing buildings. The titles and name of the doctor are also written in the middle of the ceiling. An additional noteworthy discovery within the mastaba is a stone sarcophagus, which has hieroglyphic decorations inside that offer more information about Teti Neb Fu and his accomplishments.

Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, emphasized the importance of this discovery, stating that the texts and drawings on the tomb’s walls unveil new insights into the daily life of the Old Kingdom.

This discovery strengthens Saqqara’s position as one of Egypt’s most important historical sites and contributes to its rich archaeological legacy.

Excavations in this area of Saqarra began in 2022, to unearth the graves of state employees for King Pepi who are buried near him and his wives, officials said.

By Oguz Buyukyildirim.

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Keith Boykin calls out Snoop Dogg and other sunken-place sellouts who are rapping for Trump.

Transcript:

“Well, I had a disagreement with Snoop, I think, a year or two ago, or something. He endorsed Rick Caruso. He was supporting Rick Caruso for mayor of Los Angeles, who I disagree with, and I stated that publicly as well. But, you know, I think that a lot of these rappers are not the intellectuals in the community, as Ture was pointing out, but it's also a dishonor to the Black community.

I mean, if you look at Donald Trump, the man who would refuse to rent to Black people in the 1970s, who tried to lead a lynch mob against five Black and Brown kids in the 1980s for the Central Park case, who refused to allow Black casino workers to have a prominent place in his casinos in Atlantic city in the 1990s, who spent five and a half years lying about Barack Obama's birth certificate in the 2000s, who came into office and then attacked Black people like Colin Kaepernick, who attacked Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shay Moss for simply doing their jobs in Fulton county election workers.

You dishonor those people when you go and perform for this man, this man who has done nothing but dishonor Black people.

And just even last year, just last year, he was calling Haitian immigrants, accusing them of eating cats and dogs.

This is not somebody that Black people should be associated with and pretending to normalize.

We should be challenging him.

And it dishonors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday we honor on Monday to celebrate this man.”

- Keith Boykin

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/10/mlk-malcolm-x-playboy-alex-haley/

Jonathan Eig was deep in the Duke University archives researching his new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. when he made an alarming discovery: King’s harshest and most famous criticism of Malcolm X, in which he accused his fellow civil rights leader of “fiery, demagogic oratory,” appears to have been fabricated.

“I think its historic reverberations are huge,” Eig told The Washington Post. “We’ve been teaching people for decades, for generations, that King had this harsh criticism of Malcolm X, and it’s just not true.”

The quote came from a January 1965 Playboy interview with author Alex Haley, a then-43-year-old Black journalist, and was the longest published interview King ever did. Because of the severity of King’s criticism, it has been repeated countless times, cast as a dividing line between King and Malcolm X. The new revelation “shows that King was much more open-minded about Malcolm than we’ve tended to portray him,” Eig said.

Haley’s legacy has been tarnished by accusations of plagiarism and historical inaccuracy in his most famous book, “Roots,” but this latest finding could open up more of his work to criticism, especially “The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley” — released nine months after Malcolm X’s assassination in 1965.

Malcolm X, a member of the Nation of Islam, had frequently attacked King and his commitment to nonviolence, going so far as to call King a “modern Uncle Tom.” But his criticism often had “strategic purposes,” Eig said.

In acting as “a foil” to King, his message had more value to the media. “King saw value in being a foil to Malcolm sometimes, too. But I think at their core they had a lot in common. They certainly shared a lot of the same goals,” Eig said.

Eig, who previously wrote acclaimed biographies of Muhammad Ali and Lou Gehrig, said he found the fabrication in the course of his standard book research for “King: A Life,” due out May 16. When a subject has given a long interview, he’ll look through the archives of the journalist who conducted it, hoping to find notes or tapes with previously unpublished anecdotes.

He did not find a recording of Haley’s interview with King in the Haley archives at Duke, but he did find what appears to be an unedited transcript of the full interview, likely typed by a secretary straight from a recording, Eig said. Eig provided The Post with a copy of the transcript.

On page 60 of the 84-pagedocument, Haley asks, “Dr. King, would you care to comment upon the articulate former Black Muslim, Malcolm X?”

King responds: “I have met Malcolm X, but circumstances didn’t enable me to talk with him for more than a minute. I totally disagree with many of his political and philosophical views, as I understand them. He is very articulate, as you say. I don’t want to seem to sound as if I feel so self-righteous, or absolutist, that I think I have the only truth, the only way. Maybe he does have some of the answer. But I know that I have so often felt that I wished that he would talk less of violence, because I don’t think that violence can solve our problem. And in his litany of expressing the despair of the Negro, without offering a positive, creative approach, I think that he falls into a rut sometimes.”

That is not how King’s response appeared in the published interview. While the top part is nearly identical with the transcript, it ended in Playboy like this: “And in his litany of articulating the despair of the Negro without offering any positive, creative alternative,I feel that Malcolm has done himself and our people a great disservice. Fiery, demagogic oratory in the black ghettos, urging Negroes to arm themselves and prepare to engage in violence, as he has done, can reap nothing but grief.”

Some of the phrases added to King’s answer appear to be taken significantly out of context, while others appear to be fabricated:

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Eig has shared this discovery with a number of King scholars, and the changes “jumped out” to them as “a real fraud,” Eig said. “They’re like, ‘Oh my God, I’ve been teaching that to my students for years,’ and now they have to rethink it,” Eig said.

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i don't know is any of y'all are interested but i have some thoughts on what i think soldier boy's birthchart is based off his personality and i'd love to share them with you, so let's go.

🌞 SUN SIGN: leo or aries

leo sun fits like a glove. he loves attention, image-obsessed, born performer, believes he’s the main character. wants to be admired, worshipped, and loved. thinks he's hot shit even when he's spiralling. stereotypical male leo cons: vain, explosive when disrespected, can't take criticism, clings to outdated glory.

aries sun is also tempting. he is first into battle, thinks he's invincible, thrives on brute force and aggression. reactive. never thinks before acting. stereotypical male aries cons: impulsive, self-centred, zero emotional intelligence.

leaning more toward leo sun — he’s not just a blunt weapon, he’s a stage-trained myth. the ego is unmatched.

🌙 MOON SIGN: scorpio or cancer

scorpio moon: yes. just… yes. keeps emotional wounds buried, but they’re always festering. rage simmers under the surface. holds deep grudges, trauma-soaked, intense emotional core, and a toxic need for control.

sex = power.

cancer moon: might explain the deep daddy issues, the misplaced longing, the weird nostalgia for an america that never existed. but feels a little too soft for him—unless it's buried really deep.

scorpio moon feels like the best fit — the man is a walking grudge with abandonment issues.

⬆️ RISING SIGN: capricorn or sagittarius

capricorn rising: cold exterior, traditional masculinity, wants to be seen as stoic and powerful. projects strength even when he's falling apart. legacy-obsessed. public image matters. deep fear of failure.

sagittarius rising: unfiltered, arrogant, doesn’t think before he speaks. walks in like he owns the place. thinks he’s charming (he’s not.) very "i say what i want, snowflake" energy.

capricorn rising edges out here. he wants to be respected more than he wants to be liked. he builds a persona around dominance and tradition.

🌟 so in my final analysis?

big three: leo sun / scorpio moon / capricorn rising soldier boy is a narcissist with a festering emotional core and a carefully constructed mask of masculine strength. he’s dramatic, repressed, and terrified of being forgotten. iconic.

with this is mind... these are the dates that would make the most sense for his birthday (in my strange little made up birthchart situ) because we don't have a canon birthdate:

🔥 if he’s a leo sun (july 23 – august 22):

it’d be a date that’s peak leo energy—loud, dramatic, star of the show, golden-boy delusion.

best picks: → august 5 – smack in the middle of leo season, peak drama → august 8 – 8/8 is the “lion’s gate portal,” a spiritually-charged date in astrology. powerful, cocky, mythic. would appeal to ben's god complex. → august 12 – gives “i’m a king, bow to me” vibes

born under the lion’s gate portal? of course he thinks he’s a god.

🔥 if he’s an aries sun (march 21 – april 19):

needs to be a date that screams brute force, aggression, and reckless energy—the kind of guy who punches first, thinks never.

best picks: → march 25 – fresh out the gate aries, full of chaotic confidence → april 1 (april fools) – honestly hilarious and cursed. he's the joke and the punchline. → april 7 – aggressive, reactive, martyr complex potential

of course he was born on april fools. the universe has jokes.

final verdict: soldier boy is a leo sun, scorpio moon, capricorn rising—which is just astrology’s way of saying "god help us all."

his birthchart reads like a greek tragedy in three acts: ✭ born to be worshipped (leo) ✭ powered entirely by unresolved trauma and spite (scorpio) ✭ dies on the hill of his own legacy complex (capricorn)

he’s not just toxic masculinity—he’s celestially ordained toxic masculinity. the stars didn’t just align. they conspired. they really said: "yes, but make it emotionally constipated."

tl;dr: he peaked in the 1940s and never let it go, his inner child is still throwing hands, and his big three walk into a bar and immediately start a war. the war is internal. and no one wins.

i'd just like to announce that i've spiralled over this A LOT, but i just had to write it all out because @claireyoucandobeddor / @prettyinpeaches and i are cooking something up. y'all are in for a treat. <3

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White Hair and Trauma Brawl Round 1!

alrighty folks its finally time!!!

polls will be posted in groups of 5 and run for three days, voting is based on level of swag, trauma, and blorbo fave!!

and as always, propaganda is encouraged

let the tournament commence!!!

MATCHUPS

(winners of finished polls are bolded/italicized)

Klaus (Klaus) vs. Sage Lesath (Last Legacy)

Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul) vs. Fushi (To Your Eternity) 

Kalim Al-Asim (Twisted Wonderland) vs. Orion Lake (The Scholomance)

Gen Asagiri (Dr. Stone) vs. The Nefarious Meanie (The Crimes of The Nefarious Meanie)

Senku Ishigami (Dr. Stone) vs. Emilia Justina/Emi Yusa (The Devil is a Part-Timer!)

Hortense/Mist (Guardians of Ga'Hoole) vs. 2B (Nier: Automata)

Fujiwara no Iyozane (Len’en Project) vs. Lysithea von Ordelia (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Toby/Faust (Beyblade) vs. Cecil Gershwin Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale)

Eustace (Granblue Fantasy) vs. Zane (Ninjago)

Kuro/Black Jack (Black Jack) vs. Dream King (Wandersong)

Loop (In Stars And Time) vs. Raiden (Metal Gear Rising)

Shigaraki Tomura (My Hero Academia) vs. Snowtuft (Warrior Cats)

Toi Shiramitsu (18trip) vs. Thief King Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Emet-Selch (Final Fantasy XIV) vs.  Zolf Smith (Rusty Quill Gaming)

Mystic Flour Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom) vs. Hero (The Property of Hate)

Augustus (I, Claudius) vs. Chat Blanc (Miraculous Ladybug)

Ginko (Mushi-shi) vs. Kuguri Domeki (18trip)

Yuji Kiba/Horse Orphnoch (Kamen Rider 555) vs. Yokoka (Yokoka’s Quest)

Olaf (Frozen) vs. Bagi (QSMP)

Floyd (Trolls 3) vs. Seidou Takizawa (Tokyo Ghoul)

Qifrey (Witch Hat Atelier) vs. Yan Vismok (Library of Runia)

The Princess (Slay The Princess) vs. Kim Ford (The Fionavar Tapestry)

Tommy Shepherd (Young Avengers/Marvel Comics) vs. Soma Cruz (Castlevania)

Edward “Add” Grenore (Elsword) vs. Ariane Yeong (Signalis)

Niko Sasaki (Dead Boy Detectives) vs. Ursula (The Little Mermaid)

Natsume Takashi (Natsume Yuujinchou (the manga)) vs. Jiraiya (Naruto)

Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter) vs. Mathis Quigley (Sr.) (Unsounded)

Tam (Aurora) vs. Icy (Winx Club)

Arlecchino (Genshin Impact) vs. Agito (Origin: Spirits of the Past)

Estinien Varlineau (Final Fantasy XIV) vs. Zero Kiryu (Vampire Knight)

Isana Yashiro/Adolf K. Weissman (K Project) vs. Ethoslab (Life Series SMP)

Mara (She-Ra and The Princesses of Power) vs. Madame Director/Lucretia (The Adventure Zone)

Ryou Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs. Phi (Zero Escape)

Nancy Whitman (Every Heart A Doorway) vs. Max (Sam and Max)

Kiyondo Ishida (Danganronpa) vs. Michel Bollinger (The House In Fata Morgana)

Kiana Kaslana (Honkai Impact 3rd) vs. Professor Henry Hidgens (Workin’ Boys)

Kite (Hunter x Hunter) vs. FitzChivalry Farseer (Realm of The Elderlings)

Kashekim Nedakh (Atlantis: The Lost Empire) vs. Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)

Furina de Fontaine (Genshin Impact) vs. Bepo (One Piece)

Nikolai Gogol (Bungou Stray Dogs) vs. Carl Fredericksen (Up)

Riku (Kingdom Hearts) vs. Rime Solano Varela (Last Legacy)

Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House) vs. Lay Grandsley (The Misfit of Demon King Academy)

Magneto (X-Men) vs. Lucy (Bittersweet Candy Bowl)

Mithrun (Dungeon Meshi) vs. Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd)

Nate “Near” River (Death Note) vs. Aaravos (The Dragon Prince)

Asuka R. Kreutz (Guilty Gear) vs. Lenore Vandernacht (Nevermore Webcomic)

Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) vs. Sebastian Morgenstern (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)

Tsubasa Ootori (Beyblade) vs. Haruka Sakura (WIND BREAKER)

Aziraphale (Good Omens) vs. Temenos Mistral (Octopath Traveler)

Lady Maria (Bloodborne) vs. Prince Lotor (Voltron)

Simon Petrikov/Ice King (Adventure Time) vs. Simon Snowlock (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn)

Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis Evangelion) vs. Jiang Ziya (The Poppy War)

Sabitsuki (.flow) vs. Kallin Kessler (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds)

Thancred Waters (Final Fantasy XIV) vs. Ozpin (RWBY)

Hoid (Cosmere) vs. January Sterling (The Mars House)

Claudius (I, Claudius) vs. Captain Ahab (Moby Dick)

Hearthstone “Hearth” Alderman (Magnus Chase/Gods of Asgard) vs. Ace Ukiyo and Tsumuri (Kamen Rider Geats)

Hajime Umemiya (WIND BREAKER) vs. Kuga Yuma (World Trigger)

Haru Sohma (Fruits Basket) vs. Cellbit (QSMP)

Kouji Ibuki (Cardfight Vanguard) vs. Biwa (Heike Monogatari)

Allison Ruth (Kill Six Billion Demons) vs. John Oliver (Last Week Tonight)

Claudia (The Dragon Prince) vs. Misha Necron (The Misfit of Demon King Academy)

Storm/Ororo Munroe (X-Men) vs. Glass (Hymns for the Road)

Thistle (Dungeon Meshi) vs. Kreia (Star Wars KOTOR)

Shiro/Wretched Egg (Deadman Wonderland) vs. Csevet Aisava (The Goblin Emperor)

Hades (Hadestown) vs. Roxy Lalonde (Homestuck)

Evil Xisuma (Hermitcraft) vs. Guts (Berserk)

Miki Rintarou (A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!) vs. Liv Moore (iZombie)

Remnan (Gnosia) vs. Yamato (One Piece)

Winter (Wings of Fire) vs. Utatane Piko (Vocaloid)

Jean Pierre Polnareff (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) vs. Silver Sable (Marvel)

Emilia (Re: Zero) vs. Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga)

Kaitou Joker (Kaitou Joker) vs. Kochi Haruno (ZENO Daily Life)

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII) vs. Neo Queen Serenity (Sailor Moon)

The Lamb (Cult of the Lamb) vs. Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives)

Susan Murphy/Ginormica (Monsters vs. Aliens) vs. Phainon (Honkai Star Rail)

Hakuri Sazanami (Kagurabachi) vs. Holland Vosjik (Shades of Magic)

Viktor (Arcane) vs. Dr. Two Brains (WordGirl)

Dr Zoidberg (Futurama) vs. Mytho (Princess Tutu)

Kazumi Onimaru (Cardfight Vanguard) vs. Kyrie Usiromiya (Umineko)

(Under Cut) Not Appearing Until Round 2 But Here They Are for Peace of Mind:

Jonathan Harker (Dracula)

Asra Al-Nazar (The Arcana Game)

Norman (The Promised Neverland)

Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)

Jean Valjean (Les Miserables)

Henry (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Jason Todd (Batman/DC Comics)

Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Astarion (Baldur’s Gate)

Fenris (Dragon Age II)

Anna (Frozen)

Griffith (Berserk)

Siffrin (In Stars and Time)

Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

Ekko (Arcane)

Takashi “Shiro” Shirogane (Voltron)

Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic)

TommyInnit (Dream SMP)

Kanade Yoisaki (Project Sekai: Colorful Stage)

Gojo Satoru (Jujitsu Kaisen)

Itona Horibe (Assasination Classroom)

Kakashi Hatake (Naruto)

Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa)

Shion (No. 6)

Weiss Schnee (RWBY)

Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Godot/Diego Armando (Ace Attorney)

Lu Guang (Link Click)

Gorgug Thistlespring (Fantasy High: Dimension 20)

Simon Blackquill (Ace Attorney)

Boothill (Honkai Star Rail)

Princess Yue (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Dave Strider (Homestuck)

Edelgard von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Santa Claus (Christmas/Pop Culture)

Percy de Rolo (Critical Role)

Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

Daenerys Targaryen (A Song of Ice and Fire/game of thrones too ig)

Santa/Aoi Kurashiki (Zero Escape)

Alina Starkov (Shadow and Bone)

Ranboo (Dream SMP) 

Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Inuyasha (Inuyasha)

Kida Nedakh (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Shoto Todoroki (My Hero Academia)

Allen Walker (D.Gray-Man)

White Lily Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom)

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Remembering Bayard Rustin: The Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

written by Levi Wise Kenneth Catoe Jr.

August 1, 2024 - Growing up as a Black boy in Paterson, NJ, and attending Roman and Irish Catholic Parochial schools, Black history was not very familiar to me. I grew up in a religious Southern Baptist family and participated in the church choir. In this context, Martin Luther King, Jr., was all that I knew about Black history until I became a teenage Madonna fanatic. Ironically, Madonna made me aware of Black activists and radicals such as Nina Simone, Jean-Michel Basquiat, James Baldwin, and Bayard Rustin. Bayard Rustin was an African American activist who believed in civil disobedience. Rustin felt that Black people should deliberately break unjust laws but do it non-violently to bring about change and this would play a key role in the Civil Rights movement. He also advocated for LGBTQ rights. Rustin moved to Harlem in 1937 and began studying at City College of New York. It’s interesting to note that at the time CCNY was an all-male college once regarded as ‘Jewish Harvard’ which did not accept Black men—Rustin was an unusual exception. While Rustin was at CCNY he became involved in efforts to defend and free the Scottsboro Boys, nine young black men in Alabama who were accused of raping two white women. Activism for Rustin was something that came naturally. He later became a mentor to Martin Luther King.

Rustin is one of my all-time idols. I have been enamored of him since I learned about him, so I was excited to attend an event dedicated to his life and legacy at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, “Between the Lines: Bayard Rustin, A Legacy of Protest and Politics.” The event was a conversation between Michael G. Long and Jafari Allen, who edited the book of the same name. Their exchange sparked many revelations and I left the event more aware than when I entered. I felt so much pity for the life that Rustin had to live, including the attack on his character that was rallied against him by other Black people and the distance that Martin Luther King placed between himself and Rustin out of fear of people assuming that he was also gay. I also learned that it was Coretta Scott King who introduced King to Rustin. Scott-King met Rustin during her college years as a fellow activist who practiced civil disobedience. She would ultimately introduce her husband King to civil disobedience tactics. Rustin recalled that his first time meeting King he was strapped with a handgun and that he never traveled without his gun. It was Rustin who told King that if he represented civil disobedience he would have to be willing to put away his firearm, which eventually he did. Nevertheless, this raises the question, who was King really? The “I Have A Dream” pacifist or the “Beyond Vietnam” radical? We will never truly know.

All in all what I did learn was that according to Rustin, King had no idea how to organize an event. Instead, it was Rustin who developed the blueprint for King’s early Civil Rights movement, at least until the day that King removed Rustin from his inner circle.

Nevertheless, Rustin returned to organize the March on Washington, despite everything leveled against him by Adam Clayton Powel and Roy Wilkins. Someone noted during the discussion that “it’s funny how karma works given the fact that nobody remembers Wilkins's legacy in comparison to the sudden interest in Rustin.'' If I remember correctly, the comment was made by the moderator, NYU professor Dr. Jarafi Allen, based on the fact that the venue was standing room only, or that the Hollywood lens is now fixated on Rustin’s story, with an Academy Award-nominated movie based upon his life currently in theaters. Wilkins has not received the same interest from Hollywood, perhaps indicating that he is less marketable in the mainstream. Meanwhile, Rustin’s role as an activist for the LGTBQ community is also important for newer generations. Until recently, this legacy and all that he accomplished was invisible, but he has since become a symbol of the “others” and most notably the “forgotten others”. While in his lifetime he was shunned, rallied against, and betrayed by those that he benefitted, history has allowed his legacy the final word.

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COMPLETE MASTERLIST PT. 1 | PT. 2

NFL

Joe Burrow NFL Honors, Slide Away, Fool for You, GQ Bowl

Nick Bosa Sports Car & Secrets, Mr. & Mrs. GQ, The New Heights Podcast

Brock Purdy Last Call

Josh Allen Two Hands, One Stadium, Take Him

Jason & Travis Kelce The New Heights Podcast

Julian Edelman MVP Rob Gronkowski MVP Tom Brady MVP

Dalton Kincaid D&D, Two Hands, One Stadium Dawson Knox D&D

Johnny Manziel Johnny Football

CELEBRITIES

Nicholas Alexander Chavez Stargazing, Spoiled Rotten

Glen Powell Weren't for the wind, Scream Queens to Twisters, Red carpet chaos, Forever Ain't Long Enough, Weren't for the Rain, Capybaras of London, BAFTA'S , Dream Girl

Josh Brolin Past the Curfew

Tom Cruise Call Sign: Legacy

Patrick Schwarzeneggar White Lotus Press

Warren Kole Bad Habit, Worse Habit, The Mean Game, White Dress

Lewis Pullman While You Were Loving Me

MUSICIANS

Jack Harlow Romcom, Tough, Tour Clips, So Close to What, Just Us...and Doja Cat, Ballerina, Next Door, Backstage, Studio Jealousy

Zach Top I Never Lie, Leaked Video

THE PITT

Dr. Robby A+ for Effort, Bleeding Secrets, Smoke and Silence, A+ for Reward, Tension at The Pitt , Crossing the Line, Second Shift, Wrong Attending, Off the Clock, The Sound of Her Cry

Dr. Whittaker The Pitts, Almost Didn't Say It

Dr. Abbott Fractured but Not Broken, Your Overprotective Boyfriend Dr. Jack Abbott, The Other Dr. Abbott, Wrong Husband, Dr. Daddy, Listed, Silver Linings, Double Shift, Didn't See That Coming, Don't Walk Away From Me

Dr. King Soft Spot

Dr. Langdon Let's Be Frank, so We Can Makeout, Half Light

CALL OF DUTY

Task Force 141 House of Shadows, High Value Target, The Pub, Proposal Headcannon

Phillip Graves A Scar to Remember, Ghosts of the Past, Proposal Headcannon, All I Feel

Johnny "Soap" MacTavish Soap & his Jealous Control Freak Girlfriend, Soap's Reaction to You Calling Him the Wrong Name in Bed, One Last Mission, Nice Form Daddy, Visiting Johnny's Family in Scotland

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Jake Serasin Call Sign: Heartline, The Edge of the Sky

Bradley Bradshaw Call Sign: Heartline