“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
MEMORABLE QUOTES, 5 Apr 2021
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr – TRANSCEND Media Service
—”Letter From Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American, Baptist minister, and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 in the USA.
Mug shots of Martin Luther King Jr. following his 1963 arrest in Birmingham, Ala., for protesting the treatment of blacks. (Wikimedia)
Tags: Civil Rights, History, MLK, Martin Luther King, Nonviolent Action, Nonviolent communication, Quotes
This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 5 Apr 2021.
Anticopyright: Editorials and articles originated on TMS may be freely reprinted, disseminated, translated and used as background material, provided an acknowledgement and link to the source, TMS: “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”, is included. Thank you.
If you enjoyed this article, please donate to TMS to join the growing list of TMS Supporters.
This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 License.
Read more
Click here to go to the current weekly digest or pick another article:
MEMORABLE QUOTES:
- “Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind…”
- "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
- “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”