$600.
$11 billion for a border wall.
$15 billion for a Space Force.
We need a radical revolution of values.
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In 1954, #BettyWhite was criticized after having Arthur Duncan, a Black tap dancer, on her show.
Her response: "I'm sorry. Live with it."
She then gave Duncan even more airtime. The show was canceled soon after.
Rest well, Betty.
#ThankYouForBeingAFriend
A thread of Dr. King in color, as we commemorate his 92nd birthday.
#MLK #CorettaScottKing #BelovedCommunity #MLKDay
“In the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear?”
A nonviolent warrior crossing the bridge where he met physical force with soul force. Farewell, #JohnLewis.
1969. A TV Moment That Mattered.
In the United States, Black people still could not swim in the same pool as White people.
#MrRogers broke a color barrier when he invited Officer Clemmons to cool his feet in the same pool.
A thread of #MLK speeches and sermons in which he speaks truth to power, shares about his philosophy of nonviolence, and expounds on issues of injustice and what our righteous, rigorous response should be. Relevant. Revelatory. Revolutionary. #MLKDay #BelovedCommunity
It’s your 26th birthday.
We remember you.
We mourn. And we work.
#TrayvonMartin
Extol #PhilandoCastile's virtues, but know: Even if he didn't serve children, even if he didn't love his family, he should STILL be alive.
“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”
Kobe Bryant.
Gianna ‘Gigi’ Bryant.
A thread of #MLK speeches and sermons in which he speaks truth to power, shares about his philosophy of nonviolence and expounds on issues of injustice and what our righteous, rigorous response should be. Relevant. Revelatory. Revolutionary. #MLKDay #MLK50Forward
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Sept. 15, 1963
16th Street Baptist Church
Neither nor is the entity that approves the use of #MLK’s words or imagery for use in merchandise, entertainment (movies, music, artwork, etc) or advertisement, including tonight’s #SuperBowl commercial.
“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal." We will never forget the cost of silence and that love demands we stand for justice, even against unjust laws. Most of all, we will never forget the dead and the living who bear witness. #HolocaustMemorialDay #MLK
This courageous human being lost his life in #Portland standing against racist, white supremacist terrorism. We will remember you, Taliesin.
The King Center joins the world in remembering the life and legacy of #CicelyTyson. Trailblazer is not a sufficient description. What a legendary artist, sage and matriarch. We salute her. Rest in power, Lady Cicely.
This is why kneels. Shameful that his form of protest is more egregious to many than #FreddieGray's death is.
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BREAKING: US Justice Department won't charge 6 Baltimore officers involved in Freddie Gray's arrest, in-custody death.
51 years ago today...”I’ve Been To The Mountaintop.” #MLK
56 years ago, today.
“I Have a Dream.’
He was more than a dreamer.
He was a doer.
What’s your dream that’s tied to building a more peaceful, just, humane world?
What are you doing to realize that dream?
#MLK #DreamForward
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“real Americans”
“alien foreigners”
Yesterday. Today. Pay attention.
Thank you, Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, for providing local Black-owned food trucks for our #MLKDay service project volunteers. Your care matters so much to those here to register and educate voters and collect items for our homeless neighbors.
🧵 11 years ago today, #TrayvonMartin, was killed by George Zimmerman for being Black in the ‘wrong place’ and at the ‘wrong time’. Trayvon, a 17-year-old child, was vilified, criminalized and dehumanized. He was unjustly killed and unfairly labeled as a problem child by those…
“Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.“
~Langston Hughes
We remember you, #TrayvonMartin. #BlackHistoryMonth
#JohnLewis and #CorettaScottKing, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 2003, after the unveiling of a granite engraving honoring #MLK.
#JohnLewis isn’t lost to us. He moved along on the journey. What a life of service, what a great light transitioning into eternity. Weren’t we blessed to have him among us?
A thread of color photos of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as we remember him on the 54th anniversary of the day he was assassinated. #MLK #DrumMajor #UntilJustice
On this day in 1963, civil rights leader and organizer #MedgarEvers was assassinated by a white supremacist in the driveway of his home. We remember his legacy and his family. The work continues.
Our family in #Nigeria is fighting for freedom and justice. The struggle continues across the globe. As a nonviolent resister and strategist, #MLK said, “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demanded by the oppressed.” #EndSARS news.yahoo.com/end-sars-prote
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Hatred confuses life;
love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life;
love illuminates it.”
–Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy birthday, #MLK. 🖤🖤🖤
Dr. King was 39 years-old when he was assassinated. 39.
When you watch , know that it is not a history lesson. It is a deeply tragic, masterful reminder that the criminal justice system (consider these 3 words separately & together) has long dehumanized & devastated Black & Brown people. Love to The Exonerated Five.
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“Figure out a way to get IN the way.”
~Congressman John Lewis
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He provoked us to think and to change. And he made us laugh, too. Rest, our dear elder, #DickGregory.
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
🧵 A thread of #MLK speeches, sermons and interviews in which he tells inconvenient truths, shares about his philosophy of nonviolence, and expounds on injustice and what our righteous, rigorous response should be.
Relevant. Revelatory. Revolutionary.
#MLKDay #MLKDay2022
54th anniversary of the #MarchOnWashington #IHaveADream. 62nd anniversary of #EmmettTill's vicious, racially motivated death. We #MarchOn.
“All we say to America is ‘Be true to what you said on paper.’”
I, too, sing America...
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.
~Langston Hughes
Remembering and honoring mothers today. #MothersDay
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on how Black people were largely excluded from government funded economic programs. #MLK
Thank you for commemorating Dr. King’s birthday and for honoring him and Mrs. King. We choose love. We choose nonviolence. We choose true peace, which includes justice. We’re creating the #BelovedCommunity. Let’s do it together. #BeLove #MLK #CorettaScottKing #MLKDay
“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” #MLK
“A church that has lost its voice for justice is a church that has lost its relevance in the world.” #MLK #SundayWithKing
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
"Figure out a way to get IN the way." ~Congressman John Lewis
“So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice?”
Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We celebrate you, your love, and your legacy today. The world is better because of your commitment to justice, equity and true peace. #MLK
“All we say to America is ‘Be true to what you said on paper.’” #MLK
Remembering and honoring #RosaParks on her 109th birthday.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#WomenSoulOfTheMovement
Brother Malcolm would have been 94 years-old today. We remember him, his legacy and his family. #MalcolmX
50 years gone by...We remember. We rise. We resist injustice, apathy, inhumanity. And we choose nonviolence: as a posture, as a philosophy, and as a path to systemic change, heart change and the Beloved Community. The dream lives and the revolution is here. #MLK #MLK50Forward
"It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem."
-#CorettaScottKing
April 27, 1927 - January 30, 2006
51 years later.
Remembering the day he was assassinated.
Reconnecting to continue his work.
Recommitting to building his dream.
True peace.
Unconditional love.
Unarmed truth.
“Until justice rolls down like waters...”
King.
#MLK
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay:
We acknowledge the courage and resilience of indigenous peoples, while mourning the need for resilience in facing grave injustice and inhumanity.
We commit to educate and to being educated.
We celebrate.
[Photo from our 2018 #BelovedCommunity Expo]
The National Day of Mourning takes place on the fourth Thursday of November, this year it’s on November 25. If this date sounds familiar to you, it’s because the fourth Thursday of November also coincides with Thanksgiving in the U.S.
On this date 50 years ago, #ShirleyChisholm became the first Black woman to announce her candidacy and run for President of the United States.
The 2nd photo reminds us of one the most profound reasons why that matters.
The people are voting.
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Kentucky Officials locked the polling doors at 6pm. Voters were still waiting. The people demanded the doors open. Candidates filed an injunction to extend the time. The judge granted an extension. The people are voting in Kentucky...
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🧵 “I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence...
#EmmettTill would have been 79 today. Imagine the life he could be living. A light in the world? A vessel of love for his family? We must never forget that racism destroys and dehumanizes; and often fuels vicious deaths. It is not mere disagreement. We remember you always, king.
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Hatred confuses life;
love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life;
love illuminates it.”
–Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Many are "more dedicated to order than to justice," offended by kneeling during the Anthem & not by racism & modern-day lynching. #TakeAKnee
"Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
~Elie Wiesel
#HolocaustMemorialDay
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
#WeRemember
