#OTD in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of #nonviolence and its application for Civil Rights.
“Enlarged material powers spell enlarged peril if there is not proportionate growth of the soul.”
#MLK, Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
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“Lord, help me to accept my tools…And then Lord, after I have accepted my tools, help me to set out and do what I can do with my tools.”
~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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58 years ago today…my mother making sure that my father is sharp as he prepares to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
His Acceptance Speech: youtu.be/az8VvmcgNpE
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"We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.....* ~Dr #MartinLutherKingJr
( Speech of #MLK on "The quest for peace and justice" on 11th Dec 1964. )
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🧵The #BelovedCommunity is an achievable, inclusive, love-centered, just, and humane society, in which problems and conflict exist, but are resolved peaceably.
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June 30, 1974. Alberta Williams King, mother of #MLK Jr, was shot and killed while she played piano at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
The killer was Marcus W. Chenault Jr., a follower of a Black Hebrew Israelite preacher.
Why haven't you ever heard of this?
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#TheBigPayback, my directorial debut, w/ is coming to PBS this Martin Luther King Day!! Watch it on January 16th!
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#BigPaybackFilmPBS #HR40 #Reparations #MLK
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#WeActRadio HAS MOVED! to #MLK Ave & #MarionBarryAve !
The enemies of say you "can't" have more than 1 entity named after 1 man but #ronaldreagan name is everywhere in DC!
#anacostiaunmapped #afrofuturism #dosomething pt1
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr went yo an HBCU. Morehouse @ 15yrs old
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10th Dec #TheDayInHistory
#OTD in 1964, Dr #MartinLutherKingJr was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In his acceptance speech #MLK said, "Negroes of the United States, following the people of India, have demonstrated that nonviolence is not sterile passivity..."
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#Earthcleanup🌎 #Litter bags 496 & 497🚮(+ a 1/2 #Recycle♻️bag) collected on a frigid❄walk thru #Pittsburgh's #Northside streets today.
📸1- #Yinz getting ready for that "Stillers"🏈game N'at?😂
📸2- Amazing timing after tweeting out a #MLK quote earlier today✌🤝🌎
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Thank you City Commissioner Senita Lenear for serving with passion, determination, and purpose! It was historical serving with you in the
M. A.R.C.H. Committee! Renaming two streets, after 21 years, was no easy task! But even COVID could not stop us! Done!
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Entre el reciente #DíaDerechosHumanos y la víspera de #Hanukkah 18/Dic, destacamos fuerte compromiso de de luchar contra el antisemitismo y fortalecer diálogo entre las religiones. “La injusticia en cualquier parte es una amenaza para la justicia en todas partes”. #MLK
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The #BelovedCommunityAwards recognize individuals and organizations who help to create the Beloved Community in their respective areas of influence.
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