"“There is no noise as powerful as the sound of marching feet of a determined people.”
- MLK
Truly an incredible day.
Thank you those who marched and rallied, and thank you to those who organized these events around the country. I know how hard you’re working.
My rally in #Cincinnati was packed with thousands, and we marched from Music Hall to City Hall"
- David Pepper
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/marching-feet-of-a-determined-people
Jeez. So much chaos and ugliness happening in the US. The day has nearly slipped away before I realized the significance of the date.
"Early morning, April four. Shot rings out in the Memphis sky."
Early evening, April four
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
--U2
Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on this day in 1968.
By the end of his life, he was an avowed socialist:
One thing that isn't discussed very often is the fallout from the assassination at the Lorraine Hotel. A good number of songs were written in that same building over the years and released on Stax.
After Rev. Dr. King perished on a balcony, the days of songwriters and musicians creating at the hotel where they stayed ended as well.
We must remember this was an attack on an entire culture, and not just an attempt to extinguish a single figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
The "good old times" the Republicans want to go back to:
Today In Labor History April 4, 1968: James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. King was in Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike that had started in February, 1968, for better working conditions and higher pay. The strike began 2 weeks after 2 workers were crushed to death when their truck malfunctioned, intensifying the already high level of frustration and anger over working conditions and safety. King led a protest march on March 28. Over 20,000 kids cut class to join the demonstration. Some members of the march began smashing downtown windows and looting. The cops intervened with mace, tear gas, clubs and live gunfire, killing 16-year-old Larry Paine, who had his hands in the air when he was shot. On April 3, one day before his assassination, King gave his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.
#OnThisDay in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at his motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
The night before, in what felt like a premonition, King delivered his powerful "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, reflecting on his life and legacy. The next day, unidentified reporters broke the tragic news of his shooting and eventual assassination.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. ~ #MartinLutherKingJr #MLK #quotes #silence
"We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism are all tied together. And you can’t get rid of one without getting rid of the other." ― #MLK #BlackHistory
Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FBJyqfoLM
In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today.
Hoy el reverendo Martin Luther King, Jr. hubiera cumplido 95 años.
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Two ground-breaking speeches from the year before he was assassinated -- often ignored in his bios:
The Three Evils of Society (speech): War, Racism and Poverty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sT9Hjh0cHM
Beyond Vietnam (transcript and audio)
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm
Note: it seems youtube took down the second speech, which seems odd. In any case, we're happy to prodded to find this other one -- which has no ads and doesn't enrich Google (or anyone)
#MLK on #JFK: “I believe that unmerited suffering is redemptive,” he added. “Even if I have to die for this cause, physical death is a price that others have had to pay. That is the price that is paid to free the soul of our nation.”
https://substack.com/profile/8156399-margot-williams/note/c-47359966?r=4utin&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
“We must mark him now, if we had not done so before, as the most dangerous Negro of the future of this Nation…”
William C. Sullivan, FBI intelligence chief, on Martin Luther King Jr., Sept. 16, 1963. #MLK
#MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail | 4-16-1963 https://billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/letter-from-birmingham-jail
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