#mlk holiday

[liberty1776]

Should Martin Luther King’s birthday be a national holiday? If you ask those who say that it should be, they would probably say something like this. “King was the most important figure in the civil rights movement, and his great speech ‘I Have a Dream,’ delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington in 1963, is the finest expression of the ideal of racial equality. Tragically, he was assassinated in 1968. Making his birthday a holiday shows our commitment to the sort of society he favored.” I would argue that, on the contrary, these very … Continue reading →

[queeringmentalhealth]

[uninterruptedafricans]

This is the first image I’ve seen that clarifies  how this monument is a rendition of an original image…   yet, this image is an edited photo ..

[shadowboxerinc]

Box Office / January 13-15, 2023

Box Office / January 13-15, 2023

1.15.23 Morning! On holiday mode today, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. First holiday of the year. Avatar: The Way of Water has not budged from it’s top spot. It’s now week number five and the latest gross is $562.9M. Meanwhile M3gan is at the second spot for the second week with it’s total gross of $56.4M. Here is the rest of the top ten. Thank you always to IMDb and Box Office…

[uwmspeccoll]

MLK Day

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we take a moment to reflect on the individuals who have fought for and continue to advocate for civil rights and present two letterpress broadsides printed by Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design students in 2010. 

The collection is entitled Everyday Prophets and explores quotes by notable Black activists and artists; Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, and Bob Marley. The first broadside printed by Patrick Sharrow examines the ideological tensions between contemporaries Malcolm X and MLK who both sought racial justice but proposed very different routes to get there. Andrea Bartley’s broadside takes a more philosophical perspective featuring quotes from all four visionaries. Bartley’s text is printed over (a hard to digitally capture) embossing of ‘LOVE’. 

View our other MLK Day posts.

[cyarskj1899]

Happy MLK Day everyone. Let’s all not only celebrate his legacy but also continue to keep his dream alive where everyone is treated fairly and equally

[terrorbirb]

The hr guy is printing covid denial stuff on the printer and it's annoying if only because all of the rest of the office are engineers who I actually know, due to discussions, are very on board with covid is real and we should get vaccinated.

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Lladró, 1996

[once-was-muses]

Inbox + Starter call time ovo

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[ancientfaces]

Today the United States enjoys a Federal holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  All of us have an impact on the lives of those around us, but a rare few have contributed to lasting changes to our society as did MLK Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15th in 1929 Atlanta, and like his Baptist minister father, became a prominent civil rights leader in his local community. Drawing inspiration from his Christian beliefs coupled with the nonviolent activism of Gandhi, his leadership spread across the nation to eventually lead our society towards a pathway to minimize discrimination in the United States. He is likely best remembered for his famous "I Have a Dream" speech which he gave during the March on Washington in 1963. Tragically, he was assassinated the following day on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. We remember the remarkable life of Martin Luther King Jr. with his biography on AncientFaces.

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(photograph by Richard Avedon from The New Yorker’s website)

Above is Richard Avedon’s portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. with his father, Martin Luther King, and his son, Martin Luther King III, 1963. The image is part of the 1964 book Nothing Personal, Avedon’s collaboration with writer James Baldwin.

[hyenaswine]

unfortunate that i primarily associate mlk day with a massive natural disaster that shaped much of my childhood

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Hi, yeah, I saw your sign that days NO VACANCY in big blue neon letters right at eye level, but I decided to come into the motel office and ask for a room anyway. What do you mean you're booked up for the holiday weekend? Don't you know that's when all the tourists come down? You should really keep some rooms open for tourists. I've been on the road for 6 hours trying to get here, and didn't bother to call ahead or book anywhere in advance. I'm very smart.

[escondidolibrary]

The Library will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2023 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  

It will reopen with normal business hours on Tuesday, January 17.

[ausetkmt]

AL.com: Alabama bank slammed for Robert E. Lee, MLK holiday sign: ‘Pull your money out’

Alabama and Mississippi are the only two states in the union to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee on the same day. Every year, notices reminding bank customers, teachers and post office visitors of the joint holiday on the third Monday in January draw confusion.

This year, Alabama celebrates the holiday Monday, January 16, 2023.

More recently, a photo of an Alabama-based bank commemorating the Confederate general alongside King has gone viral online.

“This office will be closed Monday, January 16 in observance of Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King, Jr.,” a flyer read outside of a CB&S Bank, according to a photo posted to Reddit Wednesday.

CB&S Bank is headquartered in Russellville and serves dozens of locations across Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. It is unclear when and at which location the photo was taken, and efforts by AL.com to reach CEO Mike Ross were not immediately successful.

“If you live in Alabama you should pull your money out of [CB&S Bank] immediately,” Brock Boone, a civil rights attorney, said in a tweet Wednesday evening. “Unless you think Black Americans should be slaves.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is recognized nationally on the third Monday of January. For decades, Alabama has officially observed the birthday of Lee, a Confederate general born on Jan. 19, 1807 in Virginia, alongside the slain civil rights leader.

Read more: Renaming of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis schools will be first to test Alabama monuments law

Only Alabama and Mississippi combine a holiday honoring Lee and King, though Alabama lists Lee’s name second to King’s in its most recent calendar. Other states, including Florida and Tennessee, set aside a day for Lee but do not combine it with the King holiday and state offices remain open.

Previous efforts to end the joint holiday, including a 2020 bill that would give Lee his own day in October, have failed in the Alabama Legislature. Southern states began celebrating days honoring Lee and other Confederate leaders in the late 1800s.

“Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert E. Lee were two men with totally different agendas, beliefs and goals,” Sen. Vivian Figures, the author of the bill, told AL.com at the time. “To separate them as individual holidays is the right thing to do.”

Read more: Alabama lawmaker wants to separate King, Robert E. Lee holidays

Alabama also recognizes Confederate Memorial Day on April 24 and Jefferson Davis’ Birthday on June 5. Rosa Parks Day, on December 1, is commemoration on.

Juneteenth, a federal holiday recognizing the end of slavery, was recognized statewide in 2022. The legislature must still decide if it will become a permanent state holiday.