JANUARY 10, 2024 U.S. HISTORY American cultures Gratitude to the culture for the triROBERTO ISLA CABALLERO Groundcover vendor No. 347 umph of the Cuban revolution that came to light in the 1960s. A crew without direction to conquer the fate of a merciless hand to Yankee imperialism as a good revolutionary took a step and a misfortune bribed by the U.S.A. I betray the passage of a navigator and with a letter of mourning without knowing the railway lines I shout, “Long Live Zapata.” The crying could not understand so much bitterness and from his lips bitter I endured the pain of a child of a mother with a black clover. I only look at the water where I can let loose the repentance and joy of a homeless person. En espanol: El agradecimiento a la cultura por el triunfo de la revolución cubana salieron a relucir en los años 1960. Una tripulación sin rumbo para conquistar el destino de una mano despiadada al imperialismo yanqui como un buen revolucionario dio un paso y una desgracia sobornada por los EE.UU. Traiciona a los pasos de navegante y con carta de luto sin conocer las líneas del ferrocarril grito, “Viva Zapata.” El llanto no pudo entender tanta amargura y desde sus labios amargo soporto el dolor de un niño una madre con un trébol negro sólo miro el agua donde puedo soltar el arrepentimiento y la alegría de un vagabundo. GROUNDCOVER NEWS 11 CARTER from last page nonviolence is the creation of the Beloved Community. The aftermath of nonviolence is redemption. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation.” Dr. King gave a 1959 sermon which he dedicated to the lessons learned from Gandhi's philosophy and techniques of nonviolence. Once again, Dr. King said, “the aftermath of non-violence is the creation of the Beloved Community, so that when the battle’s over, a new relationship comes into being between the oppressed and the oppressor.” Some historians have also noted Dr King's Statue located close to the Lincoln Memorial at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. made it clear that the term was first coined by the 20th century philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce — founder of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Dr. King became a member of Fellowship of Reconciliation and later “popularized the term and invested it with deeper meaning which has captured the imagination of people of goodwill all over the world.” Dr. King did not believe that “The Beloved Community” was a lofty utopian goal. The King Center said that King envisioned the Beloved Community to be “a realistic, achievable goal that could be attained by a critical mass of people committed to and trained in the philosophy and methods of nonviolence.” Historians and civil rights scholars reveal that as early as 1956, when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Montgomery Bus Boycott organizers, thereby ending segregation of bus seats, Dr. King said that “the Beloved Community is the end goal of a nonviolent boycott.” In 1957 Dr. King read a sermon titled “The Birth of a New Nation” in which he said that “the aftermath of that Dr. King made a reference to the Beloved Community as the end result of nonviolence in his 1963 “Letters from the Birmingham Jail.” Many scholars from various disciplines such as sociology, political science and law have tried to share many perspectives on King’s vision of the Beloved Community. A more compelling summary and interpretation comes from the editors of the King Center in Atlanta. They wrote: “Dr. King’s Beloved Community is a global vision, in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth. In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not allow it. Racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry and prejudice will be replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood. In the Beloved Community, international disputes will be resolved by peaceful conflict-resolution and reconciliation of adversaries, instead of military power. Love and trust will triumph over fear and hatred. Peace with justice will prevail over war and military conflict.” Conclusion Now, it is abundantly clear what Dr. King’s vision for the Beloved Community means. In his writings, sermons and speeches, Dr. King provides us with an expansive conception of the Beloved Community. The central messages are nonviolence and reconciliation, in addition to the panoply of social justice, economic justice, service, global vision, peaceful coexistence, equal rights, civil rights and human rights. On an interpersonal level, the Beloved Community vision requires mutual respect, mutual love, and a sense of dignity, empathy and sympathy for all God’s children. The Beloved Community vision has never been about tolerating discrimination, racism, hatred, tribalism or targeting and conspiring against certain individuals or communities who are considered “different" — as some culprits would say, “not one of us.” President Jimmy Carter’s life and legacy reflect Dr. King’s vision of Beloved Community. Both of them had a global vision about the solutions to poverty, inequality, hunger and homelessness and promoting democracy’s basic norms of free and fair elections. A recent Associated Press article noted that President Carter and Dr. King never met. However, they seemed to have lived parallel lives as they worked hard to end discrimination, racism, poverty, hunger and homelessness, to mention a few. We do know that Jimmy Carter reached out to Dr. King’s father, MLK Sr., and Dr. King’s widow, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, after Carter was sworn in as governor of Georgia in February, 1971. At Carter’s insistence, Dr. King’s birthplace and the old Ebenezer Baptist Church were designated historical preservation landmarks. As we pay homage to Carter’s legacy, let’s remember Dr. King’s admonition: “Darkness cannot drive away darkness, only light can do that; hatred cannot drive away hatred, only love can do that.” Finally, this Martin Luther King Jr. quote reflects the global perspective he shared with his Beloved Community volunteers, including President Jimmy Carter: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” — Dr. King’s letters from Birmingham, Alabama Jail, April 16, 1963.
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