Global Human Rights Activist. Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board for the Drum Major Institute. Co-Founder Give Us the Ballot.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination. .. more
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We must do all that we can to raise our voices and protect our right to access the ballot.
@frost.house.gov learned this early, not by giving speeches, but by knocking on doors to understand.
Listening is how we build trust, respect, and real change.
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“Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one’s whole being into the being of another.”
![Native quilt photo by Walter Larrimore/NMAI with a cutout image of MLK Jr. next to text that reads: "Celebrating Native American Heritage Month" and an MLK Jr. quote: "We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its Indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves to reject or feel remorse for this shameful episode. Our literature, our films, our drama, our folklore all exalt it." [Logo for the Drum Major Institute]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wtceyl6pbolqwow5li5yqq7d/bafkreif57ijshrhmjcp4z25bo37g6dm6pfaaqg65xxng6xx7hla4w4gmqy@jpeg)
![MLK Jr. quote text in front of a blue wavy background that reads: "Today we return to a Birmingham jail once again to bear witness, this time against a weapon which has the potential of doing greater harm to America than Bull Connor's dogs and fire hoses. The weapon is the 'X-party injunction' used by hostil local courts to frustrate and silence the vital First Amendment rights of all citizens to assemble and petition when they wish to protest or dissent." (State on "The Attack on the First Amendment" [DMI logo at the bottom]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wtceyl6pbolqwow5li5yqq7d/bafkreigbh5zy3aamvwscexx3wehmou2qm2ueyxbhdwiuya6txbgkmxyt34@jpeg)
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“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”
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You bring joy and light into every room (and usually a little mischief too). Watching you lead with strength, laugh with abandon, and love with your whole heart is one of life’s greatest gifts.