#werqatl

[childofzami]

On Monday, January 19, 2015, we marched in the Annual MLK Day parade, we marched not only to reclaim the radical legacy of KING, but to reclaim the radical legacy and lives of Black women. Black women gave their lives on the frontlines of the movement, only to be relegated to the sidelines of history.

We marched for Harriet, Ida B., Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Septima Clark, Pauli Murray, Audre lorde, June Jordan, Diane Nash, the Four Little Girls, the women of SNCC, SCLC, CORE, and the other countless and nameless women and girls who lives did not MATTER in the making of history. #ReclaimHerDream #ReclaimMLK #ALLBlackLivesMatter #BlackWomenMatter

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because there should have been a national outcry in response to the death of islan nettles, the incarceration of marissa alexander, the murder of aiyana stanley-jones. tomorrow we hit the streets as WERQ (Working to Elevate Radical Queer and Trans* People of Color) to #ReclaimHERDream. 🔁 @dean_la_soul #WERQatl #BlackWomenMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter

[childofzami]

On Monday, January 19th, we will be marching in the Annual MLK Day Parade under the banner of ‪#‎ReclaimHERDream‬ to RECLAIM the radical legacy of Black women in the Civil Rights Movement. The success and power of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement was created through the labor, love, and genius of many working-class, queer and straight, cis and trans Black women and their sacrifices. Black women risked their lives on the frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement, only to be relegated to the sidelines of history.

We march to RECLAIM THE DREAM of Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Septima Clark, Pauli Murray, Diane Nash, the Four Little Girls, the women of SNCC, SCLC, CORE, and the other countless and nameless women and girls who lives did not MATTER in the making of history. Because 

Black women suffered the same abuses of Black men in the fight for freedom. We too, were lynched. And we too, are being murdered, shot, beaten, and RAPED in silence. We march to end the of violence against Black Women, Black Girls, and Black Femmes! Because ‪#‎BlackWomenMatter‬

‪#‎ReclaimMLK‬

For more info: 

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Twitter: WerqATL

Email: WerqATL@gmail.com