Palm Sunday: Forgiveness https://oursaintfrancis.org/palm-sunday-forgiveness/
In our final part of the series on Becoming a Resisting Church, we have to ask ourselves what we should do when everything else we do to change hearts and minds fails. We can do everything right and we can still fail to make a difference in the world around us. The Rev. Dr. Martin … Read more …
#faith #hope #MLK #resisting #spirituality

Score! $4 at the #library sale.

Shattered Sword (about the battle of Midway) and Indianapolis have been on my list for years since listening to the Dan Carlin #HardcoreHistory series on imperial Japan. Moon Shot is a classic, of course.

I have only heard a few #MLK speeches and sermons in full, but I have read the text of many of these, and they are powerful. Very much looking forward to listening to these on my walks.

Friday’s POLITICRAT. #podcast #tariffs #mlk #kamalaharris

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-politicrat/id1503246845?i=1000702314404

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:

https://jacobin.com/2016/01/martin-luther-king-socialist

Today is the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King in Memphis. He was in town to rally support for striking sanitation workers. The evening before, MLK gave his "I've been to the Mountaintop" speech at the Church of God in Christ Headquarters before a crowd of two thousand.

Excerpt plays in the post (3:28).

#MLK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLdWqP8mczw&ab_channel=TheMartinLutherKing%2CJr.CenterforNonviolentSocialChange

The "good old times" the Republicans want to go back to:

https://apnews.com/today-in-history/april-4

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.

Thinking about #MLK

The fourth of April
Gunfire pierces the night
Could not take his pride

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #MLK #Pride #InTheNameOfLove #MartinLutherKing #April4 #April #FreeAtLast

April 4, 2025

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

True Peace

Good to hear Martin Luther Kings version of Peace (being about justice re Jesus ref John's gospel) being quoted this morning. Justin Web referred to the message too leading into a Ukraine discussion
#r4today #peace #MLK #TFTD #FridayMotiviation #JustinWebb

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_fourfm?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

#A-ZQuotes #MLK

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is not a popular opinion, but I have come to believe that social movements do not ultimately bring systematic change. Not be a contrarian, but I think it takes the right individual that sparks the final measure that brings about real, fundamental change. Let me give some examples.

Martin Luther King, Jr. I know he didn't do it on his own, but he was a singular force, and that is authentic.

From fiction:

Gabriel Bell from the famous Star Trek: DS9 two-parter, "Past Tense" and the Bell Riots. Yes, he also very much did not do it on his own, but he was a force to be reckoned with.

John Sheridan from Babylon 5. He also did not do it on his own, he had both an immediate crew and an extended crew, but he was hands on and even died only to come back and finish the job. He ultimately made the decisions that changed history.

I know how generic I sound. I know I seem like I lack faith in the collective. Well, having lived with severe disability for 27 years, yes, I do lack faith in people at large. I know what you are willing to do to me when no one else is watching. I know it takes a single soul, the right person who possesses the qualities that the collective claims to be in favor of, but they are never actually capable of those moral values, not personally, they are not. It will take one leader to bring change. The group cannot do it.