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[theoxfordamerican]

Tyre Nichols Had a Beautiful Life

A Memphis-born writer reflects on his spirit, his gruesome death, his family, and the burning left in the rest of us

By Zandria F. Robinson

“They have stolen our capacity to see what came next. But we still witness, speculate about and imagine what it would have been here on earth. And when he throws open the red curtain, we peek into the parallel world where Tyre skates through his fantastic afterlife.”

Earlier this year, contributing editor Zandria F. Robinson offered a poignant meditation on Tyre DeAndre Nichols: his life, his spirit, his gruesome death, his family, and “the burning left in the rest of us. Read the full essay at: oxfordamerican.org/web-only/tyre-nichols-had-a-beautiful-life

Photos by Andrea Morales for MLK50

This story is a co-publication with MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit news outlet based in Memphis with the mission to report on the intersection of poverty, power and policy, and to bear witness to movement making and lived experiences. “We hope this story bears witness to not only Tyre Nichols's life but the experiences of Black and working class Memphians affected by the city's history of problematic policing,” MLK50 says. “We ask that after you read it, you join us in reimagining public safety by asking yourself, ‘What makes you feel safe?’

[onesownwill]

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[dixiedrudge]

Weeding Out Another Russel Moore-approved Bad Apple

Russell Moore-approved Pastor Accuses White Evangelicals of Mass Raping Black Women View Source In 2018, Charlie Dates, a prominent uber-woke pro-socialist (now ex-) Southern Baptist pastor, participated in the MLK50 Conference hosted by The Gospel Coalition and the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Here, Evangelical leaders like Russell Moore, David Platt, and John Piper, gathered…

[kontji]

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���You probably see more stories about Black life in particular ways that you didn’t see before. You probably see more stories about Asian life that you didn’t see before,” [Adrienne Johnson Martin, executive editor at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit news organization in Memphis] said. “But if it’s not structural change, it doesn’t matter. That doesn’t change the perspective. That doesn’t change the relationship. That doesn’t change the content in a meaningful way that shows an understanding of people.”

[frontpagewoman]

I’ve never seen this video.

[nbcnews]

"Spread the word!" 

"Have you heard?!" 

"We... Are going to be... A great generation!" 

MLK's granddaughter leads cheer at #MarchForOurLives in Washington, DC.

[politicalsci]

“But if a man doesn’t have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists...” 

In 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. had begun to organize the Poor People’s Campaign. It was a multiracial effort aimed at alleviating poverty regardless of race in order to build the network needed to achieve the goal of redistributing political and economic power. King had shifted his focus to these issues after observing that gains in civil rights had not improved the material conditions of life for many African Americans. Just as King was beginning this campaign he was assassinated.

In April 1968 King had answered a call from Memphis activists who needed him to help energize a sanitation workers' strike, a cause for economic justice that would be his last. King aligned with the struggle of the poor and black sanitation workers in Memphis and suggested that their struggle for dignity was a dramatization of the issues taken up by the Poor People’s Campaign—a fight by capable, hard workers against dehumanization, discrimination and poverty wages in the richest country in the world.

In his final speech King stated: “Now, let me say as I move to my conclusion that we've got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point, in Memphis. We've got to see it through. And when we have our march, you need to be there. Be concerned about your brother. You may not be on strike. But either we go up together, or we go down together.“

[icphoto]

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Today, we remember Martin Luther King Jr. #MLK50 📷 Dan Weiner #ICPCollections http://bit.ly/2q4brdL

[petiteclover]

Bobby and Ethel meet with the widow of Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King at her home in Atlanta Georgia, the day before his funeral April 8th, 1968. —- Mrs. King asks Bobby to persuade Jackie Kennedy to attend, he calls her and she agrees to come.

[ipgbook]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would’ve been 90 years old this January and today we celebrate his legacy and we remember his prolific legacy and aspirational words that lifted up a country tearing itself apart. And though 50 years have passed since his assassination, so much of his words ring true today and continue to implore is to do more. @chireviewpress has released two compelling books over the past year, #theseminarian and #martinandbobby, exploring King’s early formative years spent at #CrozerSeminary and for young readers, his evolving friendship with the late #robertkennedy and their struggle to find common ground and then to join together to fight poverty and racism. Today, we reflect on the challenge #MLK placed at the feet of this nation: “human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable ... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. “ #mlkday #martinlutherkingjr #mlkjr #drmartinlutherkingjr #mlkweekend #weremember #mlk50 #civilrights #justiceforall #americanhistory #bobbykennedy #rjk #peace #ihaveadream #martinlutherkingday #mlkquotes #mlkmemorial #racialequality #history #onthisday #bookstagram #bookish #igreads (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs6WC8FHVV4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gmnxml7i5fj7

[onesownwill]

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[chalamet-chalamet]

Timothée wearing a “The Last Poets” jumper to the AFI Awards in January. The Last Poets were a group of musicians and poets who originated during the civil rights movement shortly after Martin Luther King, Robert F Kennedy and Malcolm X had been murdered.

[hakimbe]

The most honorable way to go is not in violence, it is in peace. As a drum major for justice... one might say. #21GunSalute #MLK50 #mlk #drking #mlkday #GCITA8 #GreenChileInTheAir (at Central Root) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs6Z7lmHCfI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17yqsqb7pav14

[thejewishmuseum]

On the 50th Anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we remember the civil rights leader through artist Marcelo Brodsky's triptych of Dr. King marching in Selma alongside Rabbi Abraham Heschel. The historic march with King's participation, together with other Human Rights Leaders, greatly helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the south and the need for a Voting Right act, passed later that year.

[dzrjesus]

Today marks the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST.

We will never let his dream die, all colors of humanity standing together with one mission, to do God’s will. Thank You Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we love you.

“Only when it’s dark enough can you see the stars” - MLK