This past weekend my Twitter and Instagram feeds were filled
with party promotions on MLK day. There is nothing wrong with throwing a party
on MLK day , but, when you use his image and his words to display aspects that
he didn't believe in that is a problem. I saw martin Luther King
Jr's face on pimp bodies, his speeches being turned into party slogans, and
just overall terrible things being done to his image and legacy just to promote
a few parties. Marin Luther king did so much for society as we know
it, not just socially but within the sports world as well. MLK worked with
Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali to organize secret
protests within their respective communities he worked with track stars
Tommie Smith, Lee Evans, John Carlos and others who were
organizing the
Olympic Project for Human Rights arguing that African-American athletes should boycott the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Their demands were to have Muhammad Ali's title restored, to have apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia uninvited from the Olympics, to hire more African- American coaches and to see IOC president Avery Brundage removed . King was incredibly influential and his legacy should not be covered up by silly advertisements for parties.
Olympic Project for Human Rights arguing that African-American athletes should boycott the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Their demands were to have Muhammad Ali's title restored, to have apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia uninvited from the Olympics, to hire more African- American coaches and to see IOC president Avery Brundage removed . King was incredibly influential and his legacy should not be covered up by silly advertisements for parties.
