By members of 2B1
In the days/weeks following MLK day, 2B1 has been reflecting on his message of peace, racial and social justice, and nonviolent direct action as a means to change. We’d like to share some of what we’ve been thinking about with the greater Lincoln community! We frequently remember Dr. Martin Luther King for part of his I Have a Dream speech, but don’t as often think of the many other speeches he gave and ideas that he stood for. During one protest, Dr. King (along with many other protesters) was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama. Here, he wrote Letter from a Birmingham Jail in response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South. We watched part of this together last Wednesday, but this is the whole reading, and you can find the full transcript here. As we look at the present moment, Bernice King - the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, continues to keep her father's memory alive. She fights for equity and justice as a global thought leader, orator, peace advocate, and the CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. As she says, we should aim to remember the life and legacy of MLK by both continuing to invoke his words, and furthering his strive for justice and change today. Last Wednesday, we watched part of the video interview at the end of this article. In accordance with MLK Day this year, Dr. Bernice King has spoken about the importance of using her father’s words in the ways he intended them, and honoring his message of nonviolent direct action to achieve social change by fighting to pass voting rights bills today (Dr. Bernice A. King - Continuing the King Family Legacy | The Daily Show). Lastly, many of the photos of Dr. King we see today are in black and white, which, though they convey important stories, can tend to create distance between the world of his life and that of our own. This year, 2B1 has found some full-color photos of Dr. King that we’d like to share, click here to view them.
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