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It is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown from the head of some philosophical Zeus. It was born from the wounds of despair and disappointment. It is a cry of daily hurt and persistent pain.
Martin Luther king, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967 (via fyeahblackhistory)
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Martin Luther King Jr
…’And one day we must ask the question, Why are there forty million poor people in America? And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. And I’m simply saying that more and more, we’ve got to begin to ask questions about the whole society’… MLK
About 3 years before his death Malcolm became more aware of certain realities, started to speak out on them and was murdered.
This book is A favorite of mine the best of all the books King has written and probably the least read. In it, Dr. King critiques himself for giving the then youthful leaders of the Black Power Movement too overly optimistic views of the progress of integration. He also presents the pros and cons of Black Power. He states the need for America to do much more to improve race relations other than declaring racism to be wrong. He calls for the teaching of African-American history, and for the nation to focus more on helping the poor over military spending.
"He got the peace prize, we got the problem.... If I'm following a general, and he's leading me into a battle, and the enemy tends to give him rewards, or awards, I get suspicious of him. Especially if he gets a peace award before the war is over."
Malcolm X
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
—Martin Luther King Jr
to be clear the first one is the original. i just riffed on it because it’s a powerful message.
On this day ~ August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
“ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today”
GUESS WHO’S CLASSES ARE CANCELLED DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER?!
I found one of my assignments I made a couple of years ago. In my Visual Communications class, our assignment was to create our own currency. Because we got this project in February, I decided to make mine related to Black History Month.
We were told to create our own versions of the $1, $20, and the $100 bill. There’s a front and back version of each bill.
- Martin Luther King Jr. is on the $1 bill.
- Harriet Tubman is on the $20 bill (yes, I’m fully aware of what I did there).
- Frederick Douglass is on the $100 bill.
I also found the sketches I made before working on the final drafts.
Happy  Martin Luther King Jr. Day 
And that dream is to Have a beautiful wife or husband. I would love for it to be Kalim.
Harry Belafonte, cantante, actor, productor y activista, muere a los 96 años
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Harry Belafonte, cantante, actor, productor y activista, muere a los 96 años
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