I urge everyone to read this full thread. I don't know that I've ever seen a more effective way of calling out people who twist and distort Dr. King's legacy without actually understanding what he was about.

I urge everyone to read this full thread. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a more effective way of calling out people who twist and distort Dr. King’s legacy without actually understanding what he was about.

I was invited to give an MLK speech today and a small number of members of the group hosting me wrote and then leaked emails opposing my giving this speech, as it dishonored Dr. King for me to do so. They called me a "discredited activist" "unworthy of such association with King"
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) January 17, 2022

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