Posted on 01/15/2018 8:01:12 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
In November of 2008, I was invited to Chicago to watch the election returns at Grant Park and be there with Barack Obama as he became the first African American ever elected U.S. president. I respectfully declined. Instead I spent election night in Atlanta, leading National Action Network’s (NAN) watch night service, similar to the New Year’s Eve service and countdown that we do every year.
A half-century ago King led a movement — a movement that was predicated upon securing voting rights, job opportunities, fair housing, educational opportunities, an end to racial discrimination and ending income inequality. Today, in 2018, we find ourselves at a crossroads: Everything King fought so tirelessly for is under attack once again.
One of the biggest criticisms we hear about Trump is that he has spent his first year in office attempting to reverse President Barack Obama’s policy achievements. While there is a lot of truth to that statement, it represents only half the story. In fact, Trump and his administration are undoing the progress that was achieved, not just by Obama, but by the civil rights movement.
The White House has so far gone after health care, criminal justice reform measures, and environmental regulations while endorsing voter suppression tactics, flirting with nuclear disaster, and passing tax cuts that benefit corporations and the wealthy while indicating that they plan to target the social safety net next. Almost all of these maneuvers will directly impact communities of color; often, these types of measures impact communities of color the most.
A situation this dire requires an equally impressive response. We must resist not only Trump, but also all those who would turn King’s dream into a nightmare.
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Al should become a civil rights martyr. It suits him.
The “civil rights martyrs” like Goodman and Schwerner were communists, only in South to foment insurrection to allow the Communists to overthrow the US government.
Sadly, Sharpton, John Lewis, and Jesse Jackson are still alive.
Dr. King’s dream was turned into a nightmare by the sexual revolution, the drug epidemic, and the dumbing-down of education, all proud achievements of liberals.
The guy made his career on race baiting. He’s literally useless.
Saw Dr. Alveda King this morning.
She was GREAT!
I guess that means she can’t be a black leader anymore??!!
Al Sharpton is turning Dr. King’s dream into a nightmare. Did civil rights martyrs die in vain?
Let’s get rid of the Black Caucus then we can talk.
Dr. King dream is being aborted by Planned Parenthood.
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/02/03/more-black-babies-in-new-york-city-are-aborted-than-born-alive/
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Basically every s#ithole there ever was in the world.
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