Wishing you a Meaningful MLK Day
1970ish Poster for MLK Holiday
Today is a good day to be inspired by the memory and courage of MLK as we work for human rights, truth and justice.
I am a Baby Boomer - but the good kind that protested the Viet Nam War and went to the first Earth Day in 1970 and was among one million people in Central Park in 1982 marching for peace, justice and a nuclear freeze. We tired to prevent everything that’s happening now, obviously unsuccessfully. It was all good training, preparing me for today’s challenges.
I wanted to share this poster is from my college days at Columbia University, one of the best years of my life at the Columbia Barnard Experimental College, an intentional community of students who created our own courses and community. It was informative in the development of my social and political consciousness. During the Strike of 1970 we ran the strike information center. King was vilified and possibly killed for his opposition to the Viet Nam War.
This is a poster from 1982, one million people in Central Park during the Soviet-American Nuclear Arms race. I was there with daughter in stroller. Oh, the glorious good old days..
I think Mark Crispin Miller thinks MLK was killed because he was starting to bring all races together to recognize that government was oppressing both black and white workers. Divisiveness was necessary in order to make dissent less likely and keep us apart.
I'm on the same page, Diane. Tried to stop so much injustice back in college. The lies and cover-ups have only gotten worse, it seems.