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All the King’s Men: Dorothy Tillman

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Real Soldiers of the Movement

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When we remember Dr. King and The Dream, we need to also remember the foot soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement – those who organized the marches and the rallies, those who knocked on the doors, those who taught the workshops on non-violence, those who rode the Freedom Buses, those who were beaten and filled the jails, those who wrote, sang and taught the freedom songs. These men and women provided the momentum of the movement and carried on after Dr. King’s death.

We will post a different Soldier of the Movement each day.  If you would like to add the story of another soldier contact us at        allthekingsmen@4comculture.com

All The King’s Men: Dorothy Tillman

See photos from the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration 2013.

All the King’s Men: Clarence B Jones

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When we remember Dr. King and The Dream, we need to also remember the foot soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement – those who organized the marches and the rallies, those who knocked on the doors, those who taught the workshops on non-violence, those who rode the Freedom Buses, those who were beaten and filled the jails, those who wrote, sang and taught the freedom songs. These men and women provided the momentum of the movement and carried on after Dr. King’s death.

We will post a different Soldier of the Movement each day.  If you would like to add the story of another soldier contact us at        allthekingsmen@4comculture.com

All The King’s Men: Clarence B Jones

See photos from the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration 2013.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Celebrations 2013

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The Annual Commemorative Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was held last Sunday, January 20, 2013, at the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ. The annual march was held the next day beginning with speeches by political and civic leaders at the Convention Center. The march ended at Riverpark Square with a performance by Michael Moonbear. Many agencies and nongovernmental organizations had information tables.

For photos of both events CLICK HERE.

 

All the King’s Men: John Lewis

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When we remember Dr. King and The Dream, we need to also remember the foot soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement – those who organized the marches and the rallies, those who knocked on the doors, those who taught the workshops on non-violence, those who rode the Freedom Buses, those who were beaten and filled the jails, those who wrote, sang and taught the freedom songs. These men and women provided the momentum of the movement and carried on after Dr. King’s death.

We will post a different Soldier of the Movement each day.  If you would like to add the story of another soldier contact us at        allthekingsmen@4comculture.com

All The King’s Men: John Lewis

See photos from the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration 2013.

2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Day Unity March

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See photos from last year’s Unity March:  Click Here

Photos of this year’s march will be available Tuesday January 22, 2013.

Did Dr. King Impact Your Life and Work?

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Tomorrow, we pay homage to one of America’s most righteous defenders and promoters of civil and human rights: the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. King was an incredible man who changed the course of American history. He inspired millions to stand up in peaceful protest against discriminatory laws and fought for the greater good of all humanity.

Dr. King’s spirit lives on. After his assassination, millions of people picked up the torch and continued to fight for a better future, carrying our shared movement for social justice into the present day.
To celebrate his life and legacy, we’d like to hear from you. Tell us how Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. impacted your life and your work.

Did you take part in marches, rallies, and activist work in the 1950s and 1960s? Tell us about it. Have you heard stories about friends or family members who marched with or met Dr. King? We want to hear them.

And if, like me, you weren’t yet born in the 1960s, we want to hear from you, too. Tell us how Dr. King’s work and message has inspired you to fight for civil and human rights today.

Together, we can build a portrait of the impact Dr. King has had on NAACP supporters and America at large. I hope you’ll help us by sharing your story today.

 

http://action.naacp.org/page/s/mlk-day?

 

Thank you,
Benjamin Todd Jealous
President and CEO
NAACP

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Rev. Al Sampson: A Voice for Action

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Sun, 1938-11-27

Albert “Al” Sampson was born on this date in 1938. He is an African-American activist and minister.

Born in Everett, Massachusetts, he graduated from Everett High School in 1956, where he won the high school oratorical contest his senior year. While attending Shaw University, he was called to the ministry and received his B.A. in 1963. During that time, Sampson was president of the Shaw student body and the campus, city, and state chapters of the NAACP. He was arrested during Raleigh’s student sit-ins and was selected by his fellow students to introduce the first public accommodations bill in North Carolina history.

He became involved with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1962 and served as campaign manager for Leroy Johnson, Georgia’s first Black state senator. Sampson was ordained by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1966. He earned his master’s degree in cultural studies from Governors State University in 1973 and his master’s of divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1977. He also worked with the Reverend James Bevel to help organize Resurrection City for King’s Poor People’s Campaign.

He was Martin Luther King’s National Housing Director, traveling to Europe to look at Industrial Housing Systems. He brought the first model affordable home to Chicago’s West Side in a joint venture with the Amish Community of Nappannee, Indiana.

Reverend Sampson became pastor of Fernwood United Methodist Church in Chicago in 1975, where he continues today. He played an important role in the campaign of Mayor Harold Washington as a member of the Task Force for Black Political Empowerment.

Sampson is president of the National Black Farmers Harvest and Business Trade Cooperative and serves on numerous boards and organizations that stress the economic development of the Black community. Sampson is a former board member of the largest Black-owned bank in America, and held the position of International Vice-President for Training Allied Workers International Union (the only Black independent union recognized by the US Labor Department).

He is listed in “Who’s Who Among Black Americans” (1989-1995) and was one of the spokespersons for the first Million Man March in 1995. He served as a scholar- consultant for the Black Heritage Bible and is currently the president of the Metropolitan Council of Black Churches in Chicago.

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June 17th New York City NAACP is holding a silent march

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Last year in New York City, police stopped and interrogated black men and boys between the ages 14 and 24 a total of 168,126 times.
The total population of black men and boys aged 14 through 24 in New York City is 158,406.
That means the amount of times police stopped black men and boys in this age group exceeds the total number living in the city.
In fact, last year, more than 85% of the 685,000 people stopped by the NYPD were African American or Latino, most of them children and young adults. This is up from less than 100,000 stops a decade ago. Then, like now, 90% of those stopped are completely innocent.
All this adds up to nothing less than the most aggressive street-level racial profiling program in the country.
On June 17th, we’re demanding an end to this alarming and abusive practice. The NAACP is holding a silent march in New York City to call for an end to New York’s notorious “stop and frisk” program. Our marchers won’t be speaking, so I need you to write the messages that will serve as their voices during the march.
Help the NAACP end the abuse of stop and frisk. Create a message for the banners, signs, and posters carried by thousands through the streets of New York on June 17th:

http://action.naacp.org/silent-march-message

In contrast to previous demonstrations, we will march in silence as an illustration of both the tragedy and serious threat that stop and frisk and other forms of racial profiling present to our society. The silent march was first used in 1917 by the NAACP – then just eight years old – to draw attention to race riots that tore through communities in East St. Louis, Illinois, and build national opposition to lynching.
Now, 95 years later, we will use this powerful protest to shine a light on the great injustice of stop and frisk and begin rebuilding national opposition to racial profiling. The march will be the first step in a nationwide federal and state-level campaign to address the problem of racial profiling.
Because we will remain silent as we march, your words will be especially important.
If you’re outraged that police, security guards and even community watch volunteers in so many neighborhoods continue to treat young people of color differently, or if you’re concerned for your children, or your neighbors’ and friends’ children, then channel these emotions into a message of 15 words or less and share it with us today. We will pick five messages to print for the march.
Be the voice of the silent marchers on June 17th. Submit your message for our protest signs today:
http://action.naacp.org/silent-march-message
Thank you,
Ben
Benjamin Todd Jealous
President & CEO
NAACP

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The Loving Family

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The view from The New Yorker’s photo department.

In 1950, a young man from Central Point, Virginia, went seven miles down the road to hear some music. Seven brothers named the Jeters were on that night, playing bluegrass in a farmhouse. The young man had come for the music, but couldn’t help noticing a young woman in the audience. The man, Richard Loving, was white; the woman, Mildred Jeter, was black and Cherokee. Seventeen years later, as a result of their meeting, the Supreme Court struck down Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act, along with anti-miscegenation laws in fifteen other states, ending the legal prohibitions against interracial marriage.