“People do not choose rebellion, it is forced upon them. Revolution is always an act of self- defense.” - Rest In Power Rev. C. T. Vivian

As you will see from the video below the right to vote is steeped in blood, sweat, tears, and sacrifice for African Americans.   This video was recorded pre-cell phones in Selma, Alabama in 1965.  In this video, he was assaulted by Alabama Law Enforcement Officers for trying to register to vote at the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Alabama. 

This is the history that confederate memorials, monuments, and names on buildings reflect.  

This is why the Confederate monument located on the grounds of the Madison County Alabama courthouse is offensive and needs to be removed and replaced immediately.

  Rev. C. T. Vivian of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SCLC, is telling the Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark (a staunch segregationist) that by not letting them into the courthouse, he's breaking an injunction

We owe you much Rev. Vivian, the world is a better place because of you, rest in peace, power and love with the #Legends.

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— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 17, 2020

"Walk together Chulluns don't you get weary there's a great camp meeting in the promised land"

“We shall overcome.”

A spark of hope from my father. pic.twitter.com/YiEz5zG8dd

— Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 27, 2020

"If ever a photo should exist to explain how we feel every day, from the moment we arise til we fall asleep. "

 

Sometimes a photo from Baltimore says more than a thousand words.  Fist Dap to The Real Segun Idowu @RevrendDoctor

There is nothing wrong with families framing their struggle solely in terms of their child who was killed; similarly, there is nothing wrong with the community framing their uprising within the context of police murder after police murder with nothing but an increasingly armed and hostile police force killing more young black men on the horizon...

But let's talk about random acts of vandalism, not to be confused with rioting, so we won't have to talk about this right here.

Erica Garner, 24, the daughter of Eric Garner, who died in New York police custody, attended Gray’s funeral. She said she came after seeing video of Gray’s arrest, which she said reminded her of her father’s shouts that he could not breathe when he was being arrested on a city street.
“It’s like there is no accountability, no justice,” she said. “It’s like we’re back in the ’50s, back in the Martin Luther King days. When is our day to be free going to come?”
Gray’s death has prompted near-daily demonstrations. He was arrested one week before he died when officers chased him through a West Baltimore neighborhood and dragged him into a police van.
Police said Gray was arrested after he made eye contact with officers and ran away. Officers held him down, handcuffed him and loaded him into the van. While inside, he became irate and leg cuffs were put on him, police have said.
Gray asked for medical help several times, beginning before he was placed in the van. After a 30-minute ride that included three stops, paramedics were called.

Authorities have not explained how or when Gray’s spine was injured.

#Baltimore
#FreddieGrey
#BlackLivesMatter
#LorettaLynch 

Another day, another hashtag...

Rest in Power and in Love #FreddieGrey

Rodger Shuler says he will remain in jail "indefinitely"

 By David J. Krajicek for WhoWhatWhy

Columbiana, Alabama—In his first interview since he was jailed last month for contempt of court, Alabama journalist Roger Shuler said he will stay behind bars indefinitely rather than comply with a judge’s “unlawful” order to scrub his blog of scandalous stories he posted about a powerful Alabama politician’s son.

Roger Shuler on Jail Videophone

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 “Free press, free speech, the First Amendment—none of this means anything to these people,” Shuler said. “I don’t see any reason I should remove the material. Is a person obliged to take an action based on a judge’s unlawful order?”

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere~Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

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