#whywecantwait

It’s time.

"It was the summer of 1963. Was emancipation a fact? Was freedom a force? The boy in Harlem stood up. The girl in Birmingham arose. Separated by stretching miles, both of them squared their shoulders and lifted their eyes toward heaven. Across the miles they joined hands, and took a firm, forward step. It was a step that rocked the richest, most powerful nation to its foundations. This is the story of that boy and that girl. This is the story of Why We Can't Wait." #MLKDay #reading #martinlutherkingjr #whywecantwait #bookstagram

I don’t want to blend in. You need to see me. I am here. www.afroworld.com #thetruthmatters #theinvisibleman #ralphellison #whywecantwait #blacklivesmatter #threelayermask #tshirts #blmsigns (at Afro World Hair and Fashion Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/COJfyyAs8uO/?igshid=1deealnjakwma

Thank you for an absolutely incredible day, Langston Hughes Middle School! You all are the future and, after spending time with you today, I have never felt more optimistic about it! #WhyWeCantWait (at Hughes Middle) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOsZZ1BpLH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q9mhmev4qpii

Join me THIS Sunday, 1/20, 2PM at the @restoncommunitycenter #CenterStage as we celebrate #MLK through songs of compassionate dissent. #WhyWeCantWait https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsvrihhhwu-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7p1j97b32g56

On this, the 90th birthday of #MLK, I am thinking of all of the wisdom in #WhyWeCantWait like: "If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail." Join me at @restoncommunitycenter 1/20 at 2PM as we celebrate his legacy of love, nonviolence, and hope through song. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsrqQwDBRel/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xuiwn3lxol7d

Sunday, 1/20, 2PM at the @restoncommunitycenter Center Stage. "...Freedom songs are the soul of the movement...the sorrow songs, the shouts for joy, the battle hymns and the anthems..." #WhyWeCantWait #ArmyofLovers #MLKweekend (at Reston Community Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BskFldLhBK4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=81820qire3vl

I firmly believe that we need to stand firmly for @staceyabrams, from ocean to ocean and beyond, like it’s 1963-1964. We should organize peacefully, tactfully, prayerful, and lovingly. We need to stand against the #votersuppression that took place in #georgiamidterms. If our ancestors of every race and nationality could do it for us, then #yeswecan in honor of them and for the love of those who’ve been hurt by the #injustice of what occurred on Tuesday. Buses would’ve already been lined up on Georgia streets. We can be angry, but we don’t have to do any wrong. We only have to show love and support. #whywecantwait #psalm37 #aclu #votingrightsactof1965 #justice #staceyabrams #godisnotdone #blacklivesmatter #kempforgeorgia #wewillrise https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp9Li-CHiOA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1annpoe7r1mf0