pickI'm a non violent person so this book spoke to me. I loved his perspective on freedom!
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pickI'm a non violent person so this book spoke to me. I loved his perspective on freedom!
pickDuring Day 3 of the #FabulousFebruary readathon, I finished the tagged book as part of Black History Month. MLK was so inspiring. I really appreciated the section when he discussed that desegregation means nothing without solving the issue of economic disparity. An issue I believe to be still quite prevalent in our society today. Great read!
pick⌛️ Last year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day someone said that instead of reading his quotes we should be reading his words. I took up her challenge with this. So many page flags. So much sadly still relevant almost 60 years later. I was going to pick out a cool quote to share, but I challenge you to do the same. Read his words around the quotes if you haven‘t already.
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It‘s #JoyousJanuary #Readathon update time! Finished 1/3 books
Oh joy! It‘s almost time for the #JoyousJanuary #Readathon with @Andrew65 !
I have 3 books started so my goal is to finish them!
🎨 Sisters in Art by Wendy Van Wyck Good
✊🏾 Why We Can‘t Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.
🫀 Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
~ 500 pages to go total
Who else is playing and what are your goals?
This month I hope to read:
✊🏾 Why We Can‘t Wait (been reading this a bit at a time since last year, time to finish!)
👬 The Outsider (readalong on IG)
💙 Wild Women and the Blues (currently reading for book club-loving so far)
🗣 The Last Thing He Told Me (#MonthlyKeyWordgxo challenge)
❤️ Atlas of the Heart (readalong with a friend)
🎨 Sisters in Art (Early Reviewer)
🍀Wish me a good #JumpStart2022 !
#StayHomeAndRead #tbr
“When, for decades, you have been able to make a man compromise his manhood by threatening him with cruel and unjust punishment, and when suddenly he turns upon you and says: ‘Punish me. I do not deserve it. But because I do not deserve it, I will accept it so that the world will know that I am right and you are wrong,‘ you hardly know what to do. You feel defeated and secretly ashamed. You know that this man is as good a man as you are.”
“Nonviolent direct action did not originate in America, but it found its natural home in this land, where refusal to cooperate with injustice was an ancient and honorable tradition and where Christian forgiveness was written into the minds and hearts of good men.” #Juneteenth
Starting this for my #Juneteenth read, along with continuing Ted Gioia‘s magisterial history of the Delta Blues.
https://preemptivelove.org/blog/dr-king-was-not-a-superhero/
Dr. King was not a beloved celebrity.
He was a public nuisance, a radical activist who called his fellow citizens to nonviolent resistance, speaking truth to power, and a higher responsibility to one‘s neighbors.
Several Black people have stated to please not post about MLK JR if you only do so on this day & only if you have actively worked to be antiracist .
The warm fuzzy quotes, love of his non-violence is convenient for a lot of white people, it doesn‘t make them uncomfortable. He himself used his body and was beaten and killed don‘t forget.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/kings-message-of-nonviolenc...
And what if we saw ourselves in Dr. King‘s legacy—considering honestly where we would have been as Dr. King marched from Selma to Montgomery in a demonstration for the rights of black and brown people in America?
Would we have been marching? Watching from across the street? Calling for him to protest in a way that made us more comfortable?
pickNot sure why it took me so long to get to this but as with his other work, it was phenomenal, a must read.
5/5
I spent the week in DC for work. I am so happy to be home and in my own bed.
I ordered this book intending to create a carving and ended up reading its entirety. I wish every American would read this; at the very least his 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail." My heart and soul needed this so much that I found myself moved to tears. Our society needs more "extremists for love."
pickFor #Recommendsday, I'm recommending this classic collection of essays by Martin Luther King, Jr. So many of us are familiar with his "I Have a Dream" speech, but his philosophy goes deeper than his nonviolent tactics & optimism. This collection contains his famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," in which he confronts sympathizers who tell him "not now" & dives into a deep discussion of systemic racism that formulates a lot of racial theory. ✊?
