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richardmurray first thank you for stating where you think he went wrong. of the three comments your the only one which means 33% I ponder how many black people are unwilling to question the likes of mlk jr in 2026 ? I have no way of getting a statistic but by this simple post the potential is frightening. I know I haven't spoken on your judgment but it's funny in this community we can bicker with each other so easily and then some of us in here can't speak a judgement against dead leaders. It is a revealing balance. Lol.... Now you said you loved MLK jr so your critiques are not condemnations. Just assessments all should have in the future to any past. Exactly. And thank you for understanding this. I know very few human beings who are so far "above" even a philosophical critique. So MLK jr didn't have a reference growing up of empowered separation. The only reference he had was integration in various forms. From atlanta, to morehouse, to the greater georgia integration was the system about him. Could he had focused on empowered separation ? 100% yes. Would it been a bad choice? no idea, but it could had succeeded. Was an example around to compel him? no. He needed a successful example. MLK jr like most leaders is thoughtful. The reason something isn't present isn't because it can't work but because it will take more time or more effort to do. True, but he was a very smart man with powerful observation skills. Growing up in the South among very angry, hostile, and violent White people....it seems he should have known how possible or impossible it would be for Black people to get along with these people. The usa government has a very big problem in terms of federal application, in equal access and opportunity. The power of states rights. It is the year 2026 and Schrumpt is the first president after circa two hundred and fifty years to try and actually impose the federal government on the states with the resources to actually do something. Not merely cause of federal power but states in the usa are lower than they are ever been, all are welfare recipients. the original idea was states would never need the federal government. Andrew jackson, Abraham Lincoln, even FDR for all of their fervor, didn't have the means to actually make a federal imposition on the states like Schrumpft today. What does this mean? states got away with a lot of federal crimes within themselves, because the constitution clearly gives states freedom to be themselves and forces citizens to take a state to court for changes. I'm not sure if the Constitution gives states the freedom to "be themselves". Federal law still always "trumps" (no pun intended) states laws. Federal law supersedes state law like state law supersedes local law. So what your suggesting was doable by him, but he would had to stop being a preacher to do that. Because nonviolence in the usa means taking whomever your suing to the supreme court,a very lengthy process , one that is not guaranteed to get to the surpreme court, and one most importantly, that doesn't necessarily stop the person/entity being sued from continuing their actions. While the said black man in mississippi is suing, white people are harassing or worse constantly. Your top down is doable, but It isn't impossible. The NAACP was full of lawyers for that reason; their strategy was take every federal crime at the state levels to the supreme court. But so many crimes at the state level occurred. The volume was i argue insurmountable. I understand what you're saying, and you're right. But sometimes it's like playing the one-armed-bandit enough time to hit the jack pot. If you take enough cases to court, one of them will hit the right now and get the attention of the SCOTUS or a Federal Judge who will then ENFORCE the Federal laws against the states and protect the disempowered citizens from being disenfranchised. This is what happened with the School Desegregation situation in Arkansas. Enough pressure was put on the Federal government that they FORCED the states to do the right thing. MLK jr didn't spend enough time on the heritage/what is carried + culture/what is grown of DOSers. He clearly comprehended the importance, ala his plea to Nichelle Nichols. As an aside , I ponder your thoughts on the larger black church? from circa 1865 to 1965 arguably, the black churches in the usa, all denominations combined, are the center of black life. What hindered the churches from focusing on heritage+ culture? Because there was no threat to AfroAmerican culture for them to focus us on it. There were very few immigrants in the United States at that time, so the ONLY cultures were basically the 2 sub-cultures of White America and Black America. So there was no need for Black people to "delineate" themselves from other cultures that may compete with our causes and issues and potentially drown them out.

First of all, without getting into the conspiratorial talk about them.....there was and is too much confusion about both HIV and AIDS. Most people think they are synonymous when they are actually 2 separate conditions that often overlap. AIDS (Acquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a multi-symptom illness which basically means your immune system no longer works effectively so you end up with a bunch of diseases you wouldn't ordinarily get if it were working properly. Any major long term illness can give you AIDS because it wears down on your immune system. Malnutrition can give you AIDS because you need nutrients for your immune system to work effectively. This is one of the reasons you hear about millions of Africans having AIDS but most of them not dying of it. Because they are being deceptive about what TYPE of "AIDS" they have. HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus) is a virus. It's a virus that is meant to destroy the immune system and that's what it does when it's left unchecked. Not everyone with the HIV virus actually reaches the point where it destroys their immune system or causes AIDS in them. Like Covid and other virus disorders, sometimes the virus just goes away on it's own or stays relatively stable in the body. Understanding nature of these two entities is key to our people properly treating them and protecting themselves from them.

I remember when AIDS burst on the scene about 45 years ago. Everybody was shook and paused like a turntable until they made it seem like AIDS was a disease mainly targeting homosexuals and drug addicts sharing needles. Upon hearing that AIDS were mainly those two groups of people, the turntable resumed spinning and people started dancing, er, f8cking again. Millions of people have been born, lived and died since 1981. Billions of s8xual acts have occurred and continue over 45 years and counting. Whatever AIDS outbreak is going around on down in South Carolina will not become a pandemic. Nowadays, there are medications that prevent HIV infection and keep it from becoming full blown AIDS. Whoever is walking around with AIDS in 2026 must have just awakened from a cryogenic state or been extremely lazy in using protection.

Nowhere have I written that Dr. MLK Jr. was Superman. Of course, he was the spokesman for a movement. Because Dr. MLK Jr. was not a Supreme Being, there's nothing he could have done about those realities. Again, in hindsight it's easy to claim Dr. MLK Jr.'s efforts "proved failures". Civil Rights and affirmative action doesn't happen without his influence and effort. This thread is about Dr. MLK Jr. Dr. MLK Jr.'s impact must have been significant from the number of schools, streets and other institutions named after him. The words of Dr. MLK Jr. are often quoted by politicians, religious leaders and academics. There's a monument and statue of him in Washington DC. As a proud FBA/AfroAmerican Black man, there's nothing anyone can say or do that will ever make me question or minimize the impact Dr. MLK Jr. had on ALL Black people up to present and future. While Dr. MLK Jr. chose non-violence as a tactic, I believe FBA/AfroAmericans should defend his legacy by any means necessary.

@ProfD Well, first MLK jr alone didn't do anything. The idoltry to him I am 100% certain he would oppose cause MLK jr wasn't the leader of the anti jim crow movement, he was a leader. HE was part of a group of Black people doing many things, often in concert to help the larger village. So no matter what one black person is doing, if they are not part of a group of people doing similar it will come to nothing. where are the groups of Black people doing something together? Cause no one was a superman during the 1960s for black people. I don't think MLK jr would praise his activities or status so greatly. And not from modesty but honesty. How many black children have been killed by whites since MLK jr died? I count many. How many black peple have been assaulted by whites from no provocation of their own, being nonviolent, since MLK jr died? You speak of what MLK jr did and yet what he did wasn't enough to stop the millions of assaults on black people from his death to now in the usa by whites. Mae Louise Walls Miller was freed side her blood relatives from enslavement pre jim crow style in 1963. Malcolm was murdered 1965. MLK jr was murdered 1968. So Both men and many other black leaders died less than five years from a known case of black enslavement to a white in the usa... MLK jr was a great leader but the environment for the greater black people proved failures on the parts of those before him like boooker t washington or web dubois and the environment after mlk jr proved the failures on the part of MLK jr and his peers like malcolm. well so could MAlcolm, so could medgar evers... the list is long. Your speaking of one man when a large group of black people in the time MLK jr lived warranted as much or more than hime, and had as much or greater opportunity for personal financial betterment.

Second third of the care network zine from @ayeolaomolara https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805916678965919744?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #ayeolaomolara

Here is the first third of the Care Network Zine! from @ayeolaomolara https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805916676008853504?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #ayeolaomolara

Introducing the Care Newtwork Zine! from @ayeolaomolara https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805916660884291584?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #ayeolaomolara

Nicholas (Ìbànújẹ́) Apẹja from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805916420765614080?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

This was for a moot on tiktok a while ago idk why I put it in drafts. But this his her Oc Luna from @jollofmunchrr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805831234733457408?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #jollofmunchrr

Head of Oba (king) from @bruthablack https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805817694956994560/head-of-oba-king-made-in-nigeria-this-is-known #blackartistoftumblr #bruthablack

Wish there were more x readers w him from @jollofmunchrr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805762630709084160?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #jollofmunchrr

Shen 10 using his gauntlet to summon his monsters from @qtcomicsblog https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805741166439088128/shen-10-using-his-gauntlet-to-summon-his #blackartistoftumblr #qtcomicsblog

Abdul Jemage reference sheet from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805714957102694400?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

Ayọ̀mideji Apẹja reference sheet from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805692611077799936?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

(Free) fufu or fufu alternatives characters comes with your choice of hat and either wrapped or unwrapped from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805641818897301504?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

Saw. On. YouTube. .In. South. .Carolina. AIDS. And. HIV. Is ,,,Rising. And. Spreading. In. Black. Communities. ..A. Black. Woman. Was. Arrested ....She Was. Having. Sex. With. HIV. ,Not. Telling. People. .She. Had. HIV. ... .Amazing. ,, Amazing. ,,They. Were. Saying On. YouTube. Who. Knows. How. Many. ,Have. AIDS. HIV. ,Who. Never. Went. To. Get. Checked. .....Amazing. After. All. These. Years. ......Those. People. Who. Knew. They. Had. AIDS. HIV Should. All. Be. Behind. Bats. ......... In. ,,South. Carolina. In. Black ..Communities. ....

The vessel from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805639226061406208?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

Just a quick (shortened) video I did for Wisteria Willow Wednesdays. from @wisteriawillowacademy https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805569503544098816/just-a-quick-shortened-video-i-did-for-wisteria?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #wisteriawillowacademy

the man who wants the world to burn from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805559052670255104?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

Abbati Jemage reference sheet from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805543446594093056?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

yusuf Jemage reference sheet from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805465790099898368?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

abdul in the spirits world from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805384097926119424?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

an animation I did in my native language. Bruh and the captions gave up halfway lol from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805339667613548544?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi

the cursed man from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/805281522907283456?source=share #blackartistoftumblr #banzaboiieatskilishi