MLK: A Day of Observance and Service

As we usher in a hate filled, racist, and fascist regime, remember what today truly is: the observance of MLK who spins in his grave knowing that the worst and most disgusting person on earth will soon lead what was once a great nation.

Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2025-01-20T12:30:32.249Z

On January 20, 2025, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday will mark the 30th anniversary as a National Day of Service. This day was established to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King, and to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities.

Americans celebrated the first official Martin Luther King Day, which is the only federal holiday commemorating an African-American, on Monday, January 20, 1986. In 1994, Congress designated the holiday as a national day of service and marking the third Monday in January every year as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service – a “Day On, Not a Day Off.”

Dr. King advocated for nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice as a means of lifting racial oppression. He created change with organized sit-ins, marches, and peaceful demonstrations that highlighted issues of inequality. Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964; he was the youngest person to ever receive this high honor. He followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and father by entering the ministry to become a Baptist minister. On April 4, 1968, at the age of 39, he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee as he stood on the balcony of his hotel. Dr. King traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to lead a march in support of striking sanitation workers.

Remember, today especially, that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Keep the faith. Keep up the fight.

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-01-20T14:37:02.034Z

Even though most of us will probably never lead the charge, we all have a vital role to play in this battle before us."Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star." ~ MLK

The Angry Buddhist (@theenragedbuddhist.bsky.social) 2025-01-20T06:28:31.928Z
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