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People forget that Dr. King's real life was filled with threats, violence & injuries, not speeches and "dreams." (cdn.masto.host)

submitted 1 month ago by JazzyKindaFella@zirk.us to c/news@beehaw.org

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People forget that Dr. King's real life was filled with threats, violence & injuries, not speeches and "dreams."

Dr. King would've been 88 this past Friday.

“ When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of #racism , materialism, & militarism are incapable of being conquered.”

#MLK @blackvoices @democracy #USA @news #AI #ICE #Minnesota #immigration #Minneapolis #Imperialism #socialmedia #mastodon #war #US #love

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[–] tae_glas@slrpnk.net 55 points 1 month ago (6 children)

he would have been 97 or so if he were alive today, it really brings home how recent it was.

the civil rights movement happened within my parents' lifetimes, but it's so often spoken about as though it were ages ago & completely out of living memory (to both minimise it & pretend that society's totally different now 💔)

[–] superflippy@mastodon.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

@tae_glas @JazzyKindaFella My mom said yesterday at church the priest asked how many people there remembered MLK’s assassination, and many people raised their hands.

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