#drmartinlutherking

[cagenerals]

Dr. King’s 4 Basic Steps of Nonviolent Campaigns by AJ

Dr. King uses four basic steps of a nonviolent campaign to organize his essay, Letter From A Birmingham Jail, through a collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist: 1) negotiation, 2) self-purification, 3) direct action and 4) persuasion. 

In Dr. King’s letter, he shows negotiation throughout the whole speech and he also shows persuasion. An example of this is when he says, ¨For years now, I have heard the word ‘Wait!’ King wrote. “This ‘Wait’ has almost always meant ‘Never.’” He articulated the resentment felt “when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of ‘nobodiness’—then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait.”

Another step is self-purification and an example he provides for this step is, ¨We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime--the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment.” These actions were purifying.

Furthermore, another step is direct action and he shows this in many ways. Even giving the speech is a form of direct action but my quote to prove that King gives direct action is, ¨Knowing that a strong economic-withdrawal program would be the byproduct of direct action, we felt that this would be the best time to bring pressure to bear on the merchants for the needed change.¨ This proves that King took direct action.

The last step that King showed is through persuading people that injustice exists. My evidence that King did this is: ¨There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation. These are the hard, brutal facts of the case. On the basis of these conditions, Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the latter consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation.¨ Here he lays out the facts of the injustices.

In conclusion, this proves that Dr. King utilized four steps of nonviolent campaigns to organize his essay. He still got his message out and across respectfully at the end of the day and he didn’t have to physically or verbally hurt anybody. All he did was deliver his speech using his strong powerful voice.

[cartermagazine]

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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[womenwhorunwiththemoon]

#drmartinlutherking #qotd ~ sana

[streetz989atl]

March on Washington "60th" We Reflect

[artbookdap]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. being greeted on his return to the US after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Baltimore, MD. October 31, 1964. ⁠ ⁠ Photo is from 'Leonard Freed: Black in White America, 1963–1965,' Reel Art Press's remarkable expanded reissue of the Magnum photographer's seminal 1968 civil rights photo-essay.⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ @leonardfreed #martinlutherking #drmartinlutherking #drmartinlutherkingjr #martinlutherkingday #civilrights #leonardfreed #blackinwhiteamerica⁠ ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnctAarJ5nB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[therealafrikantruth]

#DrMartinLutherKing #GoneButNeverForgotten https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHyvDpnIgI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bexgqbfvnszy

[bobbysealeblackpanther]

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King is manifested in moving to eliminate institutionalized racism in America. From the moral standpoint to the practical community organizing standpoint, it was about nonviolence and rightfully so. It was about the first amendment to the Constitution which gives all of us the right to peacefully assemble and address our grievances. At that time the power structure began to attack, murder, shoot, kill and brutalize peaceful demonstrators. In other words, they were violating their constitutional, democratic, civil and human rights to organize, unify and educate the people.

When I went to hear Dr. King speak at the Oakland Auditorium in 1962, he was the first black leader to inspire me. I was a student with a full-time night job on the Gemini missile program. In that auditorium, I sat in a sea of seven thousand people who had come to hear Dr. King speak about what we had to do about people of color being discriminated against by companies all across America. It was a time when I had just begun to digest material about our historical struggle for civil-human rights. Dr. King went on to explain America’s rampant discrimination telling us how we had to organize to boycott many different companies, specifically bread companies who refuse to hire people of color. He went on to say that we were going to boycott Lagendorf and Kilpatrick bread companies here in the San Francisco Oakland bay area and the Wonder Bread Company. We were going to boycott them so consistently and profoundly that the Wonder bread company will wonder where their money went. All seven thousand of us stood up applauding and raving.

A few years later, I worked with and gave the original Black Panther Party support to Dr. King on his Poor People's March. Dr. Ralph Abernathy called me personally and said "Mr. Seale, Dr. King would like to know if you would be willing to participate in a broad roundtable of organizations across the country working together in the struggle to end institutionalized racism." I said, "Yes, the Black Panther Party will definitely work with you and Dr. King on anything you want to do." People don't know that we crossed those lines.

King helped change America’s conscience, not only about civil rights but also about economic justice, poverty and war. As an inexperienced young pastor in Montgomery, Alabama, King was reluctantly thrust into the leadership of the bus boycott. During the 382-day boycott, King was arrested and abused and his home was bombed, but he emerged as a national figure and honed his leadership skills. In 1957 he helped launch the SCLC to spread the civil rights crusade to other cities.

He helped lead local campaigns in Selma, Birmingham and other cities, and sought to keep the fractious civil rights movement together, including the NAACP, Urban League, SNCC, CORE and SCLC. Between 1957 and 1968, King traveled more than 6 million miles, spoke more than 2,500 times and was arrested at least twenty times while preaching the gospel of nonviolence.

King’s birthday is a national holiday and his name adorns schools and street signs. But in his day the establishment considered King a dangerous troublemaker. He was harassed by the FBI’s COINTELPRO and vilified in the media. The struggle for civil rights radicalized him into a fighter for economic and social justice.

During the 1960’s, King became increasingly committed to building bridges between the civil rights and labor movements. He was in Memphis in 1968 to support striking sanitation workers when he was assassinated. In 1964, at 35, King was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. Some civil rights activists worried that his opposition to the Vietnam War, announced in 1967, would create a backlash against civil rights, but instead it helped turned the tide of public opinion against the war.

When I look at Dr. King's legacy and what we stood up for, the amount of people that were killed in the civil rights protests and later in my organization where 28 original Black Panther Party members were killed in attacks from the police who were trying to terrorize us out of existence, when I look at that, I have a very great affinity for Dr. King and everything he inspired me to be.

All Power To All The People! Bobby Seale http://bobbyseale.com/

[onesownwill]

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[ikarrickadams]

YA'LLKNOWWHUTITIZ #mlkday #MLKDayofService #MLK #DrMartinLutherKing #DrMartinLutherKingJrDay #HappyMLKDay #martinlutherkingday #martinlutherkingjr #DrKing #itsmlkday (at Memphis, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnfIlo0PvDB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[spaceintimeatl]

Today is a day of perspective, reflection and service. We celebrate the incredible life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr!⁠ “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” - Martin Luther King Jr ⁠ Happy MLK Day from the @spaceintimedistrict ♥️ #MLK #MLKDAY #MartinLutherKingJrDay #HappyMLKDay #DrKing #chooselove #happymlkday #martinlutherkingday #drmartinlutherking #mlkday2023 #bethechangeyouwanttosee #justbekind #love #atleventspace #atlvenue #spaceintimeatl #martinlutherking #martinlutherkingjr #drmlkjr #mlk2023 #ihaveadream #king #martinluther #lutherking #martin #thankyou #useyourvoiceforgood #spreadlove #Inclusion #understanding (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnerLhQuJOx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tanjanica]

i can because you had a dream. #mlkday #drmartinlutherking #ihaveadream #drking https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnen9GKuzUp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cartermagazine]

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.” CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #staywoke #drmartinlutherking #corettascottking #civilrightsmovement #civilrights #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CebMHOirlvV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[almostasenior]

An Extraordinary Man With A Simple Everyday Watch

An Extraordinary Man With A Simple Everyday Watch

[oscardelassalas]

SOME SITES AND PLACES are sacred, since they are dedicated to all of us and they are the living record of a place we call home today. . We were able to listen to the recordings and see the videos that imprint the crusade by @dr.martinluther while in the capital. . Every kid, every adult should listen to them, or they should be played all day on TV & Radio the day that commemorated his unfortunate homocide. . A very inspiring week! . So much to learn as humans, so much to learn as society. . As always and as “per secula seculorum”, a tripwith my husband Gary @oscars.husband. . #Ambassador #Diplomat #Diplomatic #Arizona #Colombia #Phoenix #Barranquilla #Commisioner #HomeSweetHome #MiCasaSuCasa #WashingtonDC #DrMartinLutherKing #MLK #MLKday (at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeoRSNurZDT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artbookdap]

In memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.⁠ ⁠ In these photos — from 'Builder Levy: Humanity in the Streets, New York City 1960s–1980s,' published by @damiani_books — Dr. King is pictured at the Freedomways reception after the Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois Centennial Tribute at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, where he gave the keynote speech on February 23, 1968. Other photos capture civil rights marches, protests, school children playing, families at Coney Island, members of the Black Panther party (including Malcolm X), empty lots, anti-war rallies, kids jumping rope, card games, carrier pigeons and more. "There is a sense of collaboration with the people who are not invisible to the photographer," Deborah Willis writes. "It is a remarkable visual story about beauty and humanity that must not be overlooked." ⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ @builder.levy #martinlutherking #drmartinlutherking #drmartinlutherkingjr #martinlutherkingday #civilrights #builderlevy #humanityinthestreets⁠ ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnaS7sFpzRn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rootsreggaehub]

The universe has a file on those entities that carries files on us and #Maat has already manifested judgement on the scale of justice. It will take time and space to unfold....#NattiralGuru #universallaws #universalprinciples #divine #cosmic #prophets #revolutionaries #heroes #justice #1love❤️💚💛👆👆🙌🙌 #eachoneteachone #FBIFiles #civilrights #blackhistory #BLM #RootsReggaeHub #RemoteView #MalcolmX #DrMartinLutherKing #AngelaDavis #afenishakur #stokelycarmichael #TuesdayTruth #wordsofwisdom ✨#visionaries https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQfNFwBurd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fkg7mkdeg1u