Why I Love Dr. Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the few Black Nationalist revolutionaries that we study in basic American History, probably because of his winning of the Noble Peace prize and his adherence to the non-violent ways of reform. So many young people and Americans seem to push his memory for the “I Have a Dream” speech and his march on Washington DC. The reasons he caused so much change have been forgotten in the dream state of our race. His friends and adversaries alike study Martin Luther. Whole generations of brothers wait for the rise of another like him. A whole generation of others have looked for ways to pacify and destroy those like him so another person will never reach the point of social and economic change that he led.
My view on Martin Luther King is different. Through my limited studies of him I have come to the realization that the reason he caused so much change was very simple. He designed a non-violent method to show American corporate structures it was not profitable to treat people differently because of Race. He and those that worked with him designed a very structured method of hurting the pockets of those who could enact social and economic change in the conditions of the African American people. For example: The bus boycott, For the owners of the then segregated Bus system it was a decision of either lifting the segregation laws away from the buses or going out of business. They made the right decision and changes were made.
martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther also would not be brought. He accepted a preacher’s salary and reinvested all other payments for his services back into the development of the movement. YES I SAID THAT. If Dr. Martin Luther King got paid $15000 dollars for a speech he would not pocket any of the money rather he would sign the check over to the organizations which supported him in the movement. No wonder Hoover proclaimed him public enemy number one. He couldn’t be brought. The FBI later targeted him because of his human weaknesses (women) but the attempt would not stop him or the movement then in full forward motion.
One of the problems I see with The African American community today is the lack of understanding how powerful our dollar is. If in unity we control our spending habits with an organized direction it will enact change. For example imagine what devastating effect it would have on American corporations if we as a race just decided to hold our dollars for one year and not celebrate a major holiday (Christmas, Easter, Hanukah, or whatever). It was cause a ripple effect of companies attempting not to go bankrupt moving into negotiations to give us what we want just so we would start spending again. Capitalism depends on our dollars. Without them it is a doomed system. So I love Martin Luther King because of his ability to organize and lead an organization to cause social and economic change. He in many ways followed in the footsteps of Gandhi who did the same thing in India.
So the next time you hear someone depict Martin Luther King as a dreamer not a doer. Not only should you find humor in their statement you should correct and enlighten them. He is much more than a dreamer and is placed in my memory as a Black Nationalist with the same vigor and strength as Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Elijah Mohammed or any of the other Nationalists who have stood for equality and justice of all races…
My view on Martin Luther King is different. Through my limited studies of him I have come to the realization that the reason he caused so much change was very simple. He designed a non-violent method to show American corporate structures it was not profitable to treat people differently because of Race. He and those that worked with him designed a very structured method of hurting the pockets of those who could enact social and economic change in the conditions of the African American people. For example: The bus boycott, For the owners of the then segregated Bus system it was a decision of either lifting the segregation laws away from the buses or going out of business. They made the right decision and changes were made.
martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther also would not be brought. He accepted a preacher’s salary and reinvested all other payments for his services back into the development of the movement. YES I SAID THAT. If Dr. Martin Luther King got paid $15000 dollars for a speech he would not pocket any of the money rather he would sign the check over to the organizations which supported him in the movement. No wonder Hoover proclaimed him public enemy number one. He couldn’t be brought. The FBI later targeted him because of his human weaknesses (women) but the attempt would not stop him or the movement then in full forward motion.
One of the problems I see with The African American community today is the lack of understanding how powerful our dollar is. If in unity we control our spending habits with an organized direction it will enact change. For example imagine what devastating effect it would have on American corporations if we as a race just decided to hold our dollars for one year and not celebrate a major holiday (Christmas, Easter, Hanukah, or whatever). It was cause a ripple effect of companies attempting not to go bankrupt moving into negotiations to give us what we want just so we would start spending again. Capitalism depends on our dollars. Without them it is a doomed system. So I love Martin Luther King because of his ability to organize and lead an organization to cause social and economic change. He in many ways followed in the footsteps of Gandhi who did the same thing in India.
So the next time you hear someone depict Martin Luther King as a dreamer not a doer. Not only should you find humor in their statement you should correct and enlighten them. He is much more than a dreamer and is placed in my memory as a Black Nationalist with the same vigor and strength as Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Elijah Mohammed or any of the other Nationalists who have stood for equality and justice of all races…
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