This month we acknowledge Black History Month and today
Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
Lincoln, after saving the Union and abolishing slavery, was assassinated on April 14, 1865 because of those actions.
In his final speech he stated ”…Our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...that this nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth."
Martin Luther King, advocating a doctrine of civil disobedience over violence, and the most prominent voice of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States at the time, was assassinated for his beliefs and actions
in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
In his final speech he stated …”Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation."
President John F Kennedy was shot and killed as he drove in a presidential motorcade throughDallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
The Civil Rights Act initiated by President Kennedy but passed after his assassination in 1964 under President Lyndon Johnson, was a crucial step in achieving the civil rights movement's initial goals including: full legal equality and was followed by the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965.
All were civil rights advocates. All assassinated for advocating for the rights of all people. It's hard to fathom that equal rights would be a platform to fight against...It's the foundation of our country
Let's get back to it...
And in the words of another assassinated love advocate, John Lennon "Give peace a chance".
All you need is love,
-Angela
