[BlackRose1042]

this is a beautiful thread, I love this. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

You got that right, I love this and would like more threads like these

Couldnt agree more

Thank you!

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Wow this post is fantastic. So many good facts and quotes, and a lot of shit we should live by today. Shit, if only we learned all these lessons. Thanks for making this, Rose!

Thank you so much! Right? I think a perfect show of how our gov and society works is that a "MLK Day" was created to celebrate him but the oppressive system he was fighting wasn't even touched. Anything to appease the people enough that they'll stop fighting back. I wish more people would've actually taken to heart what he said instead of using his non violent and peaceful quotes to fit their narrative against the issues we have today. You're so welcome! I'm going to continue to add to it

"Peace is not merely the absence of tension. Peace is the presence of justice."-MLK

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I share my birthday with him!

Thank you so much for sharing this post!

That's awesome! Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day   You're so welcome! thank ya'll for reading!

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Here's Some of Dr. King's Most Important Achievements:

1. In 1955, he was recruited to serve as spokesman for the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was a campaign by the African-American population of Montgomery, Alabama to force integration of the city’s bus lines. After 381 days of nearly universal participation by citizens of the black community, many of whom had to walk miles to work each day as a result, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in transportation was unconstitutional.
   
2. In 1957, Dr. King was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization designed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights movement. He would serve as head of the SCLC until his assassination in 1968, a period during which he would emerge as the most important social leader of the modern American civil rights movement.
   
3. In 1963, he led a coalition of numerous civil rights groups in a nonviolent campaign aimed at Birmingham, Alabama, which at the time was described as the “most segregated city in America.” The subsequent brutality of the city’s police, illustrated most vividly by television images of young blacks being assaulted by dogs and water hoses, led to a national outrage resulting in a push for unprecedented civil rights legislation. It was during this campaign that Dr. King drafted the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” the manifesto of Dr. King’s philosophy and tactics, which is today required-reading in universities worldwide.
   
4. Later in 1963, Dr. King was one of the driving forces behind the March for Jobs and Freedom, more commonly known as the “March on Washington,” which drew over a quarter-million people to the national mall. It was at this march that Dr. King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, which cemented his status as a social change leader and helped inspire the nation to act on civil rights. Dr. King was later named Time magazine’s “Man of the Year.”
   
5. In 1964, at 35 years old, Martin Luther King, Jr. became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. His acceptance speech in Oslo is thought by many to be among the most powerful remarks ever delivered at the event, climaxing at one point with the oft-quoted phrase “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.”
   
6. Also in 1964, partly due to the March on Washington, Congress passed the landmark Civil Rights Act, essentially eliminating legalized racial segregation in the United States. The legislation made it illegal to discriminate against blacks or other minorities in hiring, public accommodations, education or transportation, areas which at the time were still very segregated in many places.
   
7. The next year, 1965, Congress went on to pass the Voting Rights Act, which was an equally-important set of laws that eliminated the remaining barriers to voting for African-Americans, who in some locales had been almost completely disenfranchised. This legislation resulted directly from the Selma to Montgomery, AL March for Voting Rights lead by Dr. King.
   Source:https://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/martin-luther-king-jr/

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Here Are Six Organizations Carrying On Dr. King's Legacy:

1. Moms Demand Action. When it comes to groups women’s activism and service as a core focus, there's a long list of organizations to consider, including the League of Women Voters, Moms Clean Air Force and Zonta International. But as we reflected on King’s legacy of advancing social progress through nonviolence, we decided to showcase Moms Demand Action. When taking in the fact that gun violence in the U.S. keeps occurring with growing frequency, and our current ways of tackling this horror are not resulting in any changes for the better, we believe this group, which advocates for common-sense public safety measures, is worthy of individual and corporate support. https://momsdemandaction.org/
   
2. Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. This campaign takes its cue from one of King’s last planned initiatives before he was assassinated in April 1968. Like the one King was intent on pursuing, the Poor People’s Campaign seeks to confront problems including systemic racism, poverty, and environmental degradation in an attempt to give a voice to poor and marginalized communities. Activists working within this movement launched two successful initiatives during the summers of 2018 and 2019; this summer, with the 2020 election in mind, the Poor People’s Campaign plans to broaden its work to reach what it describes as the 140 million Americans who experience, or are at risk for, discrimination, financial struggles or environmental injustice on a daily basis. https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/
   
3. RAICES Texas. Yes, there are still kids in cages, and too many (face it, one child is too many) spent Christmas in such conditions. But while this story has largely receded from news headlines, small but mighty RAICES is doing what it can to seek justice for people who are escaping violence and seeking a better life. The group has been fearless in calling out some of America’s most trusted brands, and is determined to harness what resources it can to provide free or low-cost legal services to immigrant families while fighting for migrant’s rights. https://www.raicestexas.org/
   
4. Southern Poverty Law Center. Violent hate crimes have been increasing over the past few years here in the U.S. For almost half a century, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been monitoring hate groups, in addition to  promoting tolerance through various education programs. https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do
   
5. Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which dates back to King’s leadership and victory with the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1957, is still going strong as it grooms young leaders to this day. The SCLC’s various chapters across the U.S. take on various social challenges, including leading the fight against injustice, boosting voter registration and ending human trafficking. https://nationalsclc.org/
   
6. The Trevor Project. There is no shortage of nonprofits that seek to protect and secure human rights for the LGBTQ community. Which reminds us: As King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, continued his work, LGBTQ rights was among the many challenges for which she fought until she died in 2006. To that end, The Trevor Project stands out as it offers crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to at-risk LGBTQ youth. One focus for the organization is its “50 Bills, 50 States” campaign, which seeks to end the harmful practice of conversion therapy in every U.S. state. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/