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TADP Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

On Monday, TADP supporters in Nashville gathered with thousands of others on Jefferson Street for the annual MLK Day March and rally at Tennessee State University. The day was warm and spirits were high as we made our way down Jefferson Street together. TADP supporters carried banners that included a quote from Dr. King stating, "I do not think God approves the death penalty." MLK Day is not only a day to remember and celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. but also to heed his prophetic call to nonviolence and justice for each member of our society, including those often forgotten or ignored. Too often we celebrate Dr. King without reaffirming our commitment to living out the vision he shared with us--a vision that includes this powerful excerpt from a sermon he gave at the Eutaw Alabama Church during the 1966 Alabama tour and Get-Out-the-Vote campaign: "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on January 20, 2010 (boomark / email).