@Strandjunker
“First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate…
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“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
~ #MLK, letter from Birmingham jail
OCR for MLK and JFK files
It would be very helpful if the Presidential Assassination files were searchable. Researchers could look up keywords and phrases and look for patterns without having to read the entire collection. Since the files are in pdf format, an OCR (optical character recognition) program could process the files and make them searchable. Instead of just the file name, important concepts like “PPC” (Poor People’s Campaign) could be searched for throughout the collection.
Has anyone heard that this has already been done somewhere or is interested in making this happen? Thinking about Digital Ocean.
https://archives.org
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2025/4087-pr-16-25
Exactly 60 years ago today the Voting Rights Act became law, thanks to Black liberation struggle via Diane Nash, Bayard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King, Amelia Boynton, John Lewis, James Lawson, James Bevel, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, et al. LBJ speech: https://www.lbjlibrary.org/object/video/signing-voting-rights-act
NEW: Wednesday’s POLITICRAT.
The 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-politicrat/id1503246845?i=1000720946466
#PedoDon is now running around claiming the #Epstein Controversy is "a #Democrat Hoax" brought up to take him down.
I needed a reminder on how this topic suddenly came up, so I did a Google News search by date (note, you can no longer do this via the GUI) to find the first appearance of this topic this year.
It was right after T**** released the #JFK & #MLK files in February. AG #BlondieBondi went on Fox and was asked why the big #FBI doc dump didn't include #TheEpsteinFiles T**** promised? 
Bernice King To Trump: ‘Now Do the Epstein Files’ After MLK Documents Unsealed https://shinemycrown.com/bernice-king-to-trump-now-do-the-epstein-files-after-mlk-documents-unsealed/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BerniceKing #MLK #Trump #EpsteinFiles #CivilRights
#MLK was an educated black american man who threatened racists and their status quo. Period. His family and children were harassed and threatened. He has been dead for 60 years.
WHAT FUCKIN’ TRANSPARENCY?
Let’s release the files so we can prove how racist/supremacist the average American (of any ethnicity/color/religion) was/is?
My apologies to the King family. I am so sorry that the regime dumped this on you, with no regard for your feelings and input.
We will not let their carelessness and callousness tarnish the legacy of the great Dr. King.
Shame on Trump and Republicans.
The Trump administration on Monday released records of the FBI’s surveillance of #MLK, despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.
The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977
#MLK scalds Philosophy particularly #Nietzsche
#Power without Love is Reckless and Abusive
#Love without Power is Sentimental and Anemic
Power at its best is Love implementing demands of Justice
#Justice at its best is Love correcting everything that stands against Love
A Bayard Rustin archive aims to preserve his legacy as a queer Civil Rights activist
" Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington.
The legacy of Rustin — who died in 1987 aged 75 — reaches far beyond the estimated 250,000 people he rallied to attend the March on Washington in 1963, when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech. Rustin also played a pivotal role behind the scenes, mentoring King and orchestrating the Montgomery bus boycott.
#History #Activism #Rustin
#MLK #BlackMastodon
#LGBTQ #USA
https://apnews.com/article/bayard-rustin-lgbtq-civil-rights-bd1c7b12c6f2ea73f6287105a4fee393
Pride. In The Name Of Love.
Weer zo'n nummer waarvan ik nu pas weet dat het een strijdlied is. Over o.a. #MLK.
#U2 #Pride
https://genius.com/1869555
Furthermore I believe each song should be judged by the content of its melody and not by the cover of its album
Riots Are The Language Of The Unheard -
I wanted to get this out for Juneteenth, but I didn't quite make it in time. D minor, 135 bpm
Please take a listen!
https://unelectable.bandcamp.com/track/riots-are-the-language-of-the-unheard
The #LSSC / #Colbert last night reminded everyone that "On T****'s first day in office, he signed an #ExecutiveOrder abolishing all #DEI programs/policies, and forbidding the U.S. government from celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth, #MLK Day or #Juneteenth."
THIS is why black #Republicans (ubiquitous on #Fox) drive me insane, defending & supporting the #RacistInChief, trying to tell us how much he is doing for "black people" (never using the word "minorities" b/c that includes Hispanics.)
And the #Marines were held in reserve on several occasions: after #MLK won his battle against Bull Connor in the 1963 #Birmingham, #Alabama, campaign for #desegregation of downtown stores, during which firebombings of a #CivilRights headquarters & King’s brother’s hotel room had sparked riots, & during the 1963 #MarchOnWashington.
The #Marines—who have a reputation for lethality—were deployed only twice during this period: once during the 1967 #protest at the #Pentagon, where they appear to have played a minor role, & again amid the violent unrest in Washington, DC, following #MLK’s #assassination. President John F. Kennedy considered sending them to help #desegregate the University of #Mississippi in 1962 but ultimately declined.
Martin Luther King on capitalism
https://mronline.org/2025/05/06/martin-luther-king-on-capitalism-in-his-own-words
https://mlkglobal.org/2017/11/23/martin-luther-king-on-capitalism-in-his-own-words
Collaborate, advocate, vote, educate, resist
#MLK #DemocraticSocialism #socialism #ecosocialism #unionize #solidarity #environmentalism #SocialJustice
"“There is no noise as powerful as the sound of marching feet of a determined people.”
- MLK
Truly an incredible day.
Thank you those who marched and rallied, and thank you to those who organized these events around the country. I know how hard you’re working.
My rally in #Cincinnati was packed with thousands, and we marched from Music Hall to City Hall"
- David Pepper
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/marching-feet-of-a-determined-people
