April 4, 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination in Memphis.
Thats the only reason I remember that movie.
I went back to my dorm and couldnt find my roommate.
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That we could do something thats going to make these peoples lives better.
Especially knowing that King was killed for something as simple as, in that moment, a garbagemens strike.
As Jackson wrote about Morehouse College, We didnt even have a black studies class.
There was no student involvement on the board.
Those were the things we had to change.
You cant talk to them.
Dr. Kings father, who was on the board, had some chest pains.
The whole thing lasted a day and a half.
We negotiated that they wouldnt kick us out of school.
And then when everybody was gone for the year, they kicked us out of school.
