{"id":6180,"date":"2024-01-14T21:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T02:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/?p=6180"},"modified":"2024-01-21T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T17:33:57","slug":"martin-luther-king-jr-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/martin-luther-king-jr-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King Jr"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"I have decided to stick to love...\nHate is too great a burden to bear.\u201d<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In honor of MLK Day, January 15, the following are thoughtful and, thought provoking, articles from Coleman Hughes, The Free Press and Free Black Thought.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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From Coleman Hughes:<\/p>

The Gaslighting of Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a><\/h1>

An Excerpt:<\/p>

“If it strikes you as odd that today\u2019s \u201canti-racists\u201d sound nothing like Dr. King yet claim his mantle, it should. They do not carry his mantle. They enjoy the moral authority of being seen as the carriers of his legacy while simultaneously betraying the very ideals that he stood for.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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From The Free Press\u00a0<\/p>\n

MLK\u2019s Former Speechwriter:<\/a><\/h1>\n

\u2018We Are Trying to Save the Soul of America\u2019<\/h1>\n

\u2018I Have a Dream\u2019 coauthor Clarence Jones on color blindness, Ibram X. Kendi, black-Jewish relations, and why MLK \u2018wouldn\u2019t permit what\u2019s going on.\u2019<\/p>\n

An Excerpt:<\/p>\n

“….Jones is still, in his mind, having conversations with his friend, who was assassinated<\/a>\u00a0at the age of 39 on a Memphis hotel balcony in 1968. Especially now, as America\u2019s racial climate seems to have worsened, despite the fact that King successfully fought to ensure all Americans are given equal protection under the law, regardless of their skin color. A\u00a0poll<\/a>\u00a0from 2021 shows that 57 percent of U.S. adults view the relations between black and white Americans to be \u201csomewhat\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d bad\u2014compared to just 35 percent who felt that way a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Jones knows exactly what King would have felt about that. He says it out loud, and directs it to his late mentor: \u201cMartin, I\u2019m pissed off at you. I\u2019m angry at you. We should have been more protective of you. We need you. You wouldn\u2019t permit what\u2019s going on if you were here.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to save the soul of America.\u201d “<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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From The Journal Of Free Black Thought:<\/a><\/p>\n

HOW WOULD BOOKER T. WASHINGTON VIEW CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lessons from the great proponent of black self-sufficiency<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

An Excerpt:<\/p>\n

“In Booker T. Washington\u2019s vision, empowerment and progress came from skill, intelligence, and character. According to Booker T., these factors cultivate interracial respect and economic independence for black people. Despite the well-meaning intentions and widespread support of the modern social justice movement, Washington would likely view it with a critical eye.<\/p>\n

Washington would likely argue that focusing on victimhood does not contribute to advancement and may even hinder black development. Washington was a staunch advocate for economic self-determination and autonomy. He would not align with a movement that tends to\u00a0portray the black community<\/a>\u00a0in a\u00a0state<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0perpetual victimhood<\/a>.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I have decided to stick to love… Hate is too great a burden to bear.\u201d In honor of MLK Day, January 15, the following are thoughtful and, thought provoking, articles from Coleman Hughes, The Free Press and Free Black Thought. From Coleman Hughes: The Gaslighting of Martin Luther King Jr. An Excerpt: “If it strikes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7944,"featured_media":6181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}