(April 7, 2013 at 5:03 am)Godschild Wrote:MLK Jr. was introduced to the concept of nonviolent resistance by Bayard Rustin, who was a Quaker. Rustin was also instrumental in the organization of the 1963 March on Washington, where MLK gave his famous, "I have a dream" speech. This credit often goes to A. Philip Randolph, because, you see, Rustin was an open homosexual, a former member of the American Communist Party (he left the party before WWII started), and served time in jail for refusing to enlist during WWII, because of his commitment to non-violence. Even though the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement were righteous men and women, they were still trapped by the morality of their time.(April 6, 2013 at 7:33 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Yeah. No need to thank Martin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks, or anyone like that.
I do not know how old you are, but I can tell you this, Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks were good Christians and they would and did say, Thank God. They saw what they did as a work with God and for their race. I was proud of Rosa Parks and admired her courage, I will never forget the terrible feeling of losing Martin Luther because someone could not see him for the person he was, "great." You should learn something about others before you criticize. If you had not used those rolling eyes I would not have included the previous sentence.
Only now, is Rustin starting to get some of the credit he deserves for his valuable role in the Movement. And really only through the GLBT movement's push for equality is his recognition made possible.
Just food for thought, nobody's perfect, not even great men, like MLK Jr.
