principle of passive resistance. He applied for a firearms permit during a period when his home and several Montgomery churches were bombed. He was more concerned family man than pacifist. It was not until later, according to King’s own writings, that he decided he could not advocate nonviolent resistance while resorting to armed self-defense. There was also the issue of gun ownership vis-a-vis his faith in God to protect himself and his family, or his persecuted race as a whole.
1956 30 January
At 9:15 p.m., while King speaks at a mass meeting, his home is bombed. His wife and daughter are not injured. Later King addresses an angry crowd that gathers outside the house.
6 March
King attends the independence celebrations of the new nation of Ghana in West Africa and meets with Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah.
1958 20 September
During a book signing at Blumstein’s Department Store in Harlem, New York, King is stabbed by Izola Ware Curry. He is rushed to Harlem Hospital where a team of doctors successfully remove a seven-inch letter opener from his chest.
1960 19 October
King is arrested during a sit-in demonstration at Rich’s department store in Atlanta. He is sentenced to four months hard labor for violating a suspended sentence he received for a 1956 traffic violation. He is released on $2000 bond on 27 October.
1961 16 December
King, Ralph Abernathy, Albany Movement president William G. Anderson, and other protesters are arrested by Laurie Pritchett during a campaign in Albany, Georgia.
1962
27 July-10 August
King is arrested at an Albany, Georgia prayer vigil and jailed. After spending two weeks in jail, King is released.
28 September
During the closing session of the SCLC conference in Birmingham, Alabama, a member of the American Nazi Party assaults King, striking him twice in the face.
1963 16 April
Responding to eight Jewish and Christian clergymen’s advice that African Americans wait patiently for justice, King pens his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King and Abernathy were arrested on 12 April and released on 19 April.
7 May
Conflict in Birmingham reaches its peak when high-pressure fire hoses force demonstrators from the business district. In addition to hoses, Police Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor employs dogs, clubs, and cattle prods to disperse four thousand demonstrators in downtown Birmingham.
1968 4 April
King is shot and killed while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
Malcolm X
Fifty-two years ago today, Malcolm X was gunned down in Harlem. He was killed most likely by agents of the US government
Slogan ‘By Any Means Necessary”
Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4DlfEQ7cyk
“And you sit there when they’re putting the rope around your neck saying, “Forgive them, Lord, they know not what they do.” As long as they’ve been doing it, they’re experts at it, they know what they’re doing! ”
The list is endless …
Show me any any HERO who fought for the liberation of his country, Tribe or people and i will show you a RUGGED RESILIENT AND PASSIONATE FIGHTER AND THE SACRIFICE OF LIVES
Nnamdi Kanu is doing his own today for his people
who is doing it for your own people ?
Stop attacking and start FIGHTING for your rights
Not inside the comfort of your rooms but on the street because you will never be heard from Facebook unless you take your fight to the street !!!
If you cant fight to liberate yourself from this Northern oppression, Invasion, attack and killing of our people in Edo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Ondo, Ekiti, Lagos, Osun,Benue, Jos, Ogun, Enugu by Hausa Fulani Herdsmen then stop attacking the people doing so…
It is an act of stupidity !!!
We are second class citizens inside our own country
The marriage between the RICH WIFE & the ARROGANT POOR WICKED HUSBAND must end
(South East and South South United)
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