Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King, Jr

 

Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King JR

 

Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr

 

“How can you ask a bootless man to pull up his bootstraps”- Martin Luther King. pic.twitter.com/MLLGlc3x52

— Typical African (@Joe__Bassey) March 8, 2025

Quote of Day: Martin Luther King, Jr

 

“We are coming to get our check.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pic.twitter.com/GOrpmUa0nE

— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) January 20, 2025

Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King, Jr

 

In under two minutes, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls out America's injustice and hypocrisy towards Black Americans (Freedmen) and the debt, reparations, that is owed to us. pic.twitter.com/sOGFosXJIq

— MarcelForCongress (@Marcel4Congress) January 20, 2025

Martin Luther King, Jr. on Income Inequality and Redistribution of Wealt...

Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream Speech (original) August 28th 1963

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The World-Changing Martin Luther King Jr. Comic Book From the '50s - Topless Robot - Unofficial Sponsor of Your Inner Childishness

Checkout the following link about a comic book about Martin Luther King Jr



The World-Changing Martin Luther King Jr. Comic Book From the '50s - Topless Robot - Unofficial Sponsor of Your Inner Childishness

I Celebrate MLK! (song for kids about Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, segregation, etc.) - YouTube

When I told my six year-old that today was a holiday celebrating Dr Martin Luther King Jr's birthday her response was "Who's Martin Luther King?" I was shocked. How could I let that get past? So last night I found the following video on YouTube and she watched it today and loved it. More importantly she now has a starting point on knowing some basic things about such an important historical figure! Take a look.


I Celebrate MLK! (song for kids about Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, segregation, etc.) - YouTube

Intermission: Listening to Jackie Kennedy - Politics - GOOD

Here is something really interesting: an 8 hour interview with Jackie Kennedy really soon after her husband's assassination in 1963 has just been released. Here is a video about the event.





Intermission: Listening to Jackie Kennedy - Politics - GOOD

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Professor X is Not Martin Luther King | Tor.com

Okay. I just saw X-Men: First Class  and I did like it. One of the best things about X-Men is it's moral message: Everyone is valuable no matter your race, gender,  genes, or any difference from what the majority of people consider "normal". I think it is too simple and inaccurate to equate Professor X with Martin Luther King Jr and Magneto with Malcolm X. I found this article about the issue at the following link.

Professor X is Not Martin Luther King | Tor.com by  Steven Padnick

He wrote:

King was a pacifist who refused to use violence, even to defend himself. Professor X, on the other hand, trains his teenage students to be masked freedom fighters who beat the crap out of anyone, human or mutant, who threaten the lives of mutants.

No, Professor X’s belief that mutants have the right, and sometimes the need, to use violence to defend themselves makes him a lot closer to, appropriately enough, Malcolm X.
Which brings up the second point, borrowed from Comics Alliance’s David Brothers: Magneto is NOT Malcolm X.

Magneto is a supervillain, tried and true, which means he has both goals (the enslavement of humanity) and tactics (conquering Manhattan) that are just outside the realm of human understanding, and any comparison to a real person or movement gets ridiculous, if not insulting.

I would not say that Professor X is only about using violent to protect Mutants. Professor X wants to protect all humans! Even those who would kill him and his fellow mutants. That is a high morality. Something worth emulating. Though Martin Luther King's protests and philosophy were nonviolent, that does not mean that they were not confrontational. Getting into your oppressor's face and pointing out why they are wrong takes great courage - using the resources you have. Malcolm X is not like Magneto because Malcolm wasn't for exterminating his opponents only not willing to settle for scraps.

Personally, I think David Brother's review is much better than this one. He does a much more complete job describing how the racial politics of Hollywood in the 21st Century are illustrated in this movie. I agree with him. He is very complete so I'd read his article after you see the movie.

The Best and Worst of 'X-Men: First Class' -- Moral Complexity and Depressing Racial Politics

The MLK that's never quoted....EVER! #2 - BlackScienceFictionSociety

Martin Luther King, Jr. via last.fm

Yeah...obviously this insight from Dr. King is almost never discussed! No way will this video show up on CNN or any mass media. Martin Luther king Jr. Understood that the truth is the racism was a smokescreen for the classicism and economic structure designed to keep power and influence out of the hands of the masses. The goal was/and is to keep the rich rich, if not increase, and keep the poor poor. Not just here in this country but around the world. MLK understood this. Malcolm X realized this too. It was for this reason why they ware assassinated. If this truth caught hold and people really got angry we would have a revolution. The problem is i have no idea what we could replace the current system with. Which is why I think the best we got is to trust God and know that He is gonna sort out all of this. We must also not add to this by insulting, maiming, and killing others who are in the same boat with us!







The MLK that's never quoted....EVER! #2 - BlackScienceFictionSociety

The MLK that's never quoted - BlackScienceFictionSociety

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Of course, these remarks from Martin Luther King Jr are almost never quoted because he sounds like Malcom X and the Black Panthers - pointing out that racism is so pervasive that its in the dictionary and that we need to love ourselves as black people...not more than we love white people and other people but we must realize that we are just as good as everyone else and not less than them because we are black and they are not.  I know I have never heard these remarks from MLK until today.

The MLK that's never quoted - BlackScienceFictionSociety

MLK Oratory winner 2009: Gerra Gistand

A little girl gives a speech on the following question: If Dr. King were alive today, what do you think he would say about current events? It is a great answer!

Martin Luther King Tribute

In tribute to Martin Luther King Jr, on his birthday I am posting his "I ave A Dream" speech from 1963. It still makes a huge impact.