#ihaveadream — Public Fediverse posts
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Kann man Sachsen-Anhalts AFD, direkt nach der Vereidigung, wegen Meineids verhaften bzw rausschmeißen?
Die kürzeste Regierungsverantwortung, immerhin. 😖
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#IHaveADream, where Americans will have another #DeclarationOfIndependence, where Republicans in Congress will declare, with their votes, their independence from Donald Trump.
This has happened once: with their votes on the #EpsteinFiles. It needs to happen again, on many more issues where Donald Trump is clearly wrong. #politics
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#IHaveADream, where Americans will have another #DeclarationOfIndependence, where Republicans in Congress will declare, with their votes, their independence from Donald Trump.
This has happened once: with their votes on the #EpsteinFiles. It needs to happen again, on many more issues where Donald Trump is clearly wrong. #politics
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#IHaveADream, where Americans will have another #DeclarationOfIndependence, where Republicans in Congress will declare, with their votes, their independence from Donald Trump.
This has happened once: with their votes on the #EpsteinFiles. It needs to happen again, on many more issues where Donald Trump is clearly wrong. #politics
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#IHaveADream, where Americans will have another #DeclarationOfIndependence, where Republicans in Congress will declare, with their votes, their independence from Donald Trump.
This has happened once: with their votes on the #EpsteinFiles. It needs to happen again, on many more issues where Donald Trump is clearly wrong. #politics
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Jetzt die ueber 4 Mrd Euro in ein eigenes, mobiles OS packen. #Huawei hat das mit #HarmonyOS auch hinbekommen und warum? Wegen #Google
Ihr merkt, ich bleibe auch in Zukunft extrem realistisch und verlange weiterhin das Undenkbare! @EUCommission
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Jetzt die ueber 4 Mrd Euro in ein eigenes, mobiles OS packen. #Huawei hat das mit #HarmonyOS auch hinbekommen und warum? Wegen #Google
Ihr merkt, ich bleibe auch in Zukunft extrem realistisch und verlange weiterhin das Undenkbare! @EUCommission
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Jetzt die ueber 4 Mrd Euro in ein eigenes, mobiles OS packen. #Huawei hat das mit #HarmonyOS auch hinbekommen und warum? Wegen #Google
Ihr merkt, ich bleibe auch in Zukunft extrem realistisch und verlange weiterhin das Undenkbare! @EUCommission
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Jetzt die ueber 4 Mrd Euro in ein eigenes, mobiles OS packen. #Huawei hat das mit #HarmonyOS auch hinbekommen und warum? Wegen #Google
Ihr merkt, ich bleibe auch in Zukunft extrem realistisch und verlange weiterhin das Undenkbare! @EUCommission
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Jetzt die ueber 4 Mrd Euro in ein eigenes, mobiles OS packen. #Huawei hat das mit #HarmonyOS auch hinbekommen und warum? Wegen #Google
Ihr merkt, ich bleibe auch in Zukunft extrem realistisch und verlange weiterhin das Undenkbare! @EUCommission
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Avui he somiat que havia sorgit un moviment política Múrcia que volia recuperar el vernacle murcià i integrar-lo al català. A més a més, es trobava a les portes d'aconseguir representació parlamentaria a les Corts de Cartagena.
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“I lift my lamp”. A B5 sized plot, gel pen on paper. #penplotter #algorist #ladyliberty #plotterart #ihaveadream
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“I lift my lamp”. A B5 sized plot, gel pen on paper. #penplotter #algorist #ladyliberty #plotterart #ihaveadream
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<hmmm-on-a-tangent/>
What if such nasty things also bring about an increased demand for program verification using formal methods?
Yes, it is difficult, but even partial solutions are helpful and way, way better than nothing.
By the way, I ought to look for any surveys on the use of assertions (the little cousins of program verification) in published program sources.
One old textbook I found well worth reading was the one about program specification and software development by Liskov and Guttag.
The first edition, using the CLU programming language.#ComputerProgramming
#IHaveADream
#FormalMethods
#ProgramVerification
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<hmmm-on-a-tangent/>
What if such nasty things also bring about an increased demand for program verification using formal methods?
Yes, it is difficult, but even partial solutions are helpful and way, way better than nothing.
By the way, I ought to look for any surveys on the use of assertions (the little cousins of program verification) in published program sources.
One old textbook I found well worth reading was the one about program specification and software development by Liskov and Guttag.
The first edition, using the CLU programming language.#ComputerProgramming
#IHaveADream
#FormalMethods
#ProgramVerification
#SoftwareEngineering -
<hmmm-on-a-tangent/>
What if such nasty things also bring about an increased demand for program verification using formal methods?
Yes, it is difficult, but even partial solutions are helpful and way, way better than nothing.
By the way, I ought to look for any surveys on the use of assertions (the little cousins of program verification) in published program sources.
One old textbook I found well worth reading was the one about program specification and software development by Liskov and Guttag.
The first edition, using the CLU programming language.#ComputerProgramming
#IHaveADream
#FormalMethods
#ProgramVerification
#SoftwareEngineering -
<hmmm-on-a-tangent/>
What if such nasty things also bring about an increased demand for program verification using formal methods?
Yes, it is difficult, but even partial solutions are helpful and way, way better than nothing.
By the way, I ought to look for any surveys on the use of assertions (the little cousins of program verification) in published program sources.
One old textbook I found well worth reading was the one about program specification and software development by Liskov and Guttag.
The first edition, using the CLU programming language.#ComputerProgramming
#IHaveADream
#FormalMethods
#ProgramVerification
#SoftwareEngineering -
<hmmm-on-a-tangent/>
What if such nasty things also bring about an increased demand for program verification using formal methods?
Yes, it is difficult, but even partial solutions are helpful and way, way better than nothing.
By the way, I ought to look for any surveys on the use of assertions (the little cousins of program verification) in published program sources.
One old textbook I found well worth reading was the one about program specification and software development by Liskov and Guttag.
The first edition, using the CLU programming language.#ComputerProgramming
#IHaveADream
#FormalMethods
#ProgramVerification
#SoftwareEngineering -
Voir les paroles de la chanson “I Have A Dream” de ABBA
#Abba #IHaveADream
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See the lyrics for the song “I Have A Dream” by ABBA
#Abba #IHaveADream
https://daletra.com/abba/lyrics/i-have-a-dream.html -
See the lyrics for the song “I Have A Dream” by ABBA
#Abba #IHaveADream
https://daletra.com/abba/lyrics/i-have-a-dream.html -
Ver la letra de la canción “I Have A Dream” de ABBA
#Abba #IHaveADream
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Tek bir şansınız olsaydı, hangi tarihi kişilikle bir diyalog kurmak isterdiniz?
"Hepimizin İçinde Bir Afrika Var" serisinin final bölümünde Martin Luther King bir dijital diyalog gerçekleştiriyoruz. Geçmişle gelecek arasında bir köprü kuruyoruz.
#MartinLutherKing #SiyahiTarihAyı #YapayZeka #Podcast #DijitalDiyalog #KurgusalRöportaj #ACenturyofBlackHistoryCommemorations #IHaveADream #BirRüyamVar
https://monologblg.com/martin-luther-king-ile-zamanin-otesinde-bir-diyalog-hepimizin-icinde-bir-afrika-var-seri-finali/https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-2u5r9-1a32d94
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Martin Luther King, Jr, Federal Holiday, 2026 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: Below is the text of the presidential proclamation on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, issued on…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #DonaldTrump #ihaveadream #MartinLutherKingJr. #Politics #politicsoftheunitedstates #presidentoftheUnitedStates #trump
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Martin Luther King, Jr, Federal Holiday, 2026 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: Below is the text of the presidential proclamation on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, issued on…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #DonaldTrump #ihaveadream #MartinLutherKingJr. #Politics #politicsoftheunitedstates #presidentoftheUnitedStates #trump
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Dwell not on losers
Not on this day or this time
Think servants - not serfs#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #MLK #MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #Life #Integrity #Servant #Leader #ServantLeader #Greenland #NATO #UN #USA #2026 #Photography
January 20, 2026 -
Dwell not on losers
Not on this day or this time
Think servants - not serfs#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #MLK #MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #Life #Integrity #Servant #Leader #ServantLeader #Greenland #NATO #UN #USA #2026 #Photography
January 20, 2026 -
Dwell not on losers
Not on this day or this time
Think servants - not serfs#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #MLK #MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #Life #Integrity #Servant #Leader #ServantLeader #Greenland #NATO #UN #USA #2026 #Photography
January 20, 2026 -
Dwell not on losers
Not on this day or this time
Think servants - not serfs#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #MLK #MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #Life #Integrity #Servant #Leader #ServantLeader #Greenland #NATO #UN #USA #2026 #Photography
January 20, 2026 -
Dwell not on losers
Not on this day or this time
Think servants - not serfs#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #MLK #MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #Life #Integrity #Servant #Leader #ServantLeader #Greenland #NATO #UN #USA #2026 #Photography
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MLK Day 2026 is sparking big conversations 🏛️ From the removal of free park days to youth-led activism, Dr. King’s lessons are more urgent than ever. Click to see how history is guiding today’s future ⬇️
https://tinyurl.com/48wpzx37
#MLKDay2026 #Leadership #SocialJustice #YouthActivism #Legacy #CivilRights #MartinLutherKingJr #IHaveaDream -
MLK Day 2026 is sparking big conversations 🏛️ From the removal of free park days to youth-led activism, Dr. King’s lessons are more urgent than ever. Click to see how history is guiding today’s future ⬇️
https://tinyurl.com/48wpzx37
#MLKDay2026 #Leadership #SocialJustice #YouthActivism #Legacy #CivilRights #MartinLutherKingJr #IHaveaDream -
MLK Day 2026 is sparking big conversations 🏛️ From the removal of free park days to youth-led activism, Dr. King’s lessons are more urgent than ever. Click to see how history is guiding today’s future ⬇️
https://tinyurl.com/48wpzx37
#MLKDay2026 #Leadership #SocialJustice #YouthActivism #Legacy #CivilRights #MartinLutherKingJr #IHaveaDream -
MLK Day 2026 is sparking big conversations 🏛️ From the removal of free park days to youth-led activism, Dr. King’s lessons are more urgent than ever. Click to see how history is guiding today’s future ⬇️
https://tinyurl.com/48wpzx37
#MLKDay2026 #Leadership #SocialJustice #YouthActivism #Legacy #CivilRights #MartinLutherKingJr #IHaveaDream -
MLK Day 2026 is sparking big conversations 🏛️ From the removal of free park days to youth-led activism, Dr. King’s lessons are more urgent than ever. Click to see how history is guiding today’s future ⬇️
https://tinyurl.com/48wpzx37
#MLKDay2026 #Leadership #SocialJustice #YouthActivism #Legacy #CivilRights #MartinLutherKingJr #IHaveaDream -
Nach wie vor ebenfalls relevant, seine 'I have a dream' Ansprache. Gerade jetzt, wenn allerorten Träume und Hoffnungen zerschlagen werden, ob im Globalen Süden oder auf der Nordhalbkugel.
Das hier schrieb ich vor ein paar Tagen:
https://freiburg.social/@breakdownthewalls/115869203493183903
#KingMartinLutherJr #ihaveadream #ihaveadreamspeech #hoffnung #mut #globalersuden #montag #Montagabend #deutschland
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Nach wie vor ebenfalls relevant, seine 'I have a dream' Ansprache. Gerade jetzt, wenn allerorten Träume und Hoffnungen zerschlagen werden, ob im Globalen Süden oder auf der Nordhalbkugel.
Das hier schrieb ich vor ein paar Tagen:
https://freiburg.social/@breakdownthewalls/115869203493183903
#KingMartinLutherJr #ihaveadream #ihaveadreamspeech #hoffnung #mut #globalersuden #montag #Montagabend #deutschland
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Nach wie vor ebenfalls relevant, seine 'I have a dream' Ansprache. Gerade jetzt, wenn allerorten Träume und Hoffnungen zerschlagen werden, ob im Globalen Süden oder auf der Nordhalbkugel.
Das hier schrieb ich vor ein paar Tagen:
https://freiburg.social/@breakdownthewalls/115869203493183903
#KingMartinLutherJr #ihaveadream #ihaveadreamspeech #hoffnung #mut #globalersuden #montag #Montagabend #deutschland
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Nach wie vor ebenfalls relevant, seine 'I have a dream' Ansprache. Gerade jetzt, wenn allerorten Träume und Hoffnungen zerschlagen werden, ob im Globalen Süden oder auf der Nordhalbkugel.
Das hier schrieb ich vor ein paar Tagen:
https://freiburg.social/@breakdownthewalls/115869203493183903
#KingMartinLutherJr #ihaveadream #ihaveadreamspeech #hoffnung #mut #globalersuden #montag #Montagabend #deutschland
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Nach wie vor ebenfalls relevant, seine 'I have a dream' Ansprache. Gerade jetzt, wenn allerorten Träume und Hoffnungen zerschlagen werden, ob im Globalen Süden oder auf der Nordhalbkugel.
Das hier schrieb ich vor ein paar Tagen:
https://freiburg.social/@breakdownthewalls/115869203493183903
#KingMartinLutherJr #ihaveadream #ihaveadreamspeech #hoffnung #mut #globalersuden #montag #Montagabend #deutschland
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Regardless of what the White House wants you to think, today is a holiday celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Let freedom ring...
#MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #LetFreedomRing #Politics #NationalHoliday -
Regardless of what the White House wants you to think, today is a holiday celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Let freedom ring...
#MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #LetFreedomRing #Politics #NationalHoliday -
Regardless of what the White House wants you to think, today is a holiday celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Let freedom ring...
#MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #LetFreedomRing #Politics #NationalHoliday -
Regardless of what the White House wants you to think, today is a holiday celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Let freedom ring...
#MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #LetFreedomRing #Politics #NationalHoliday -
Letters from an American – January 18, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American, January 18, 2026
By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
When I was writing a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, where heroism was pretty thin on the ground, I gave that a lot of thought. And I came to believe that heroism is neither being perfect, nor doing something spectacular. In fact, it’s just the opposite: it’s regular, flawed human beings choosing to put others before themselves, even at great cost, even if no one will ever know, even as they realize the walls might be closing in around them.
It means sitting down the night before D-Day and writing a letter praising the troops and taking all the blame for the next day’s failure upon yourself in case things went wrong, as General Dwight D. Eisenhower did.
It means writing in your diary that you “still believe that people are really good at heart,” even while you are hiding in an attic from the men who are soon going to kill you, as Anne Frank did.
It means signing your name to the bottom of the Declaration of Independence in bold script, even though you know you are signing your own death warrant should the British capture you, as John Hancock did.
It means defending your people’s right to practice a religion you don’t share, even though you know you are becoming a dangerously visible target, as Sitting Bull did.
Sometimes it just means sitting down, even when you are told to stand up, as Rosa Parks did.
None of those people woke up one morning and said to themselves that they were about to do something heroic. It’s just that when they had to, they did what was right.
On April 3, 1968, the night before the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a white supremacist, he gave a speech in support of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since 1966, King had tried to broaden the civil rights movement for racial equality into a larger movement for economic justice. He joined the sanitation workers in Memphis, who were on strike after years of bad pay and such dangerous conditions that two men had been crushed to death in garbage compactors.
After his friend Ralph Abernathy introduced him to the crowd, King had something to say about heroes: “As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: January 18, 2026 – by Heather Cox Richardson
Tags: 1966, Assassinated, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Heather Cox Richardson, heroes, I Have a Dream, Letters from an American, Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, Ralph Abernathy, Tennessee, White Supremacist
#1966 #Assassinated #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #DrMartinLutherKing #HeatherCoxRichardson #heroes #IHaveADream #LettersFromAnAmerican #MartinLutherKingJr #Memphis #RalphAbernathy #Tennessee #WhiteSupremacist -
Letters from an American – January 18, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American, January 18, 2026
By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
When I was writing a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, where heroism was pretty thin on the ground, I gave that a lot of thought. And I came to believe that heroism is neither being perfect, nor doing something spectacular. In fact, it’s just the opposite: it’s regular, flawed human beings choosing to put others before themselves, even at great cost, even if no one will ever know, even as they realize the walls might be closing in around them.
It means sitting down the night before D-Day and writing a letter praising the troops and taking all the blame for the next day’s failure upon yourself in case things went wrong, as General Dwight D. Eisenhower did.
It means writing in your diary that you “still believe that people are really good at heart,” even while you are hiding in an attic from the men who are soon going to kill you, as Anne Frank did.
It means signing your name to the bottom of the Declaration of Independence in bold script, even though you know you are signing your own death warrant should the British capture you, as John Hancock did.
It means defending your people’s right to practice a religion you don’t share, even though you know you are becoming a dangerously visible target, as Sitting Bull did.
Sometimes it just means sitting down, even when you are told to stand up, as Rosa Parks did.
None of those people woke up one morning and said to themselves that they were about to do something heroic. It’s just that when they had to, they did what was right.
On April 3, 1968, the night before the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a white supremacist, he gave a speech in support of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since 1966, King had tried to broaden the civil rights movement for racial equality into a larger movement for economic justice. He joined the sanitation workers in Memphis, who were on strike after years of bad pay and such dangerous conditions that two men had been crushed to death in garbage compactors.
After his friend Ralph Abernathy introduced him to the crowd, King had something to say about heroes: “As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: January 18, 2026 – by Heather Cox Richardson
#1966 #Assassinated #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #DrMartinLutherKing #HeatherCoxRichardson #heroes #IHaveADream #LettersFromAnAmerican #MartinLutherKingJr #Memphis #RalphAbernathy #Tennessee #WhiteSupremacist -
Letters from an American – January 18, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American, January 18, 2026
By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
When I was writing a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, where heroism was pretty thin on the ground, I gave that a lot of thought. And I came to believe that heroism is neither being perfect, nor doing something spectacular. In fact, it’s just the opposite: it’s regular, flawed human beings choosing to put others before themselves, even at great cost, even if no one will ever know, even as they realize the walls might be closing in around them.
It means sitting down the night before D-Day and writing a letter praising the troops and taking all the blame for the next day’s failure upon yourself in case things went wrong, as General Dwight D. Eisenhower did.
It means writing in your diary that you “still believe that people are really good at heart,” even while you are hiding in an attic from the men who are soon going to kill you, as Anne Frank did.
It means signing your name to the bottom of the Declaration of Independence in bold script, even though you know you are signing your own death warrant should the British capture you, as John Hancock did.
It means defending your people’s right to practice a religion you don’t share, even though you know you are becoming a dangerously visible target, as Sitting Bull did.
Sometimes it just means sitting down, even when you are told to stand up, as Rosa Parks did.
None of those people woke up one morning and said to themselves that they were about to do something heroic. It’s just that when they had to, they did what was right.
On April 3, 1968, the night before the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a white supremacist, he gave a speech in support of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since 1966, King had tried to broaden the civil rights movement for racial equality into a larger movement for economic justice. He joined the sanitation workers in Memphis, who were on strike after years of bad pay and such dangerous conditions that two men had been crushed to death in garbage compactors.
After his friend Ralph Abernathy introduced him to the crowd, King had something to say about heroes: “As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: January 18, 2026 – by Heather Cox Richardson
Tags: 1966, Assassinated, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Heather Cox Richardson, heroes, I Have a Dream, Letters from an American, Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, Ralph Abernathy, Tennessee, White Supremacist
#1966 #Assassinated #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #DrMartinLutherKing #HeatherCoxRichardson #heroes #IHaveADream #LettersFromAnAmerican #MartinLutherKingJr #Memphis #RalphAbernathy #Tennessee #WhiteSupremacist -
Letters from an American – January 18, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American, January 18, 2026
By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
When I was writing a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, where heroism was pretty thin on the ground, I gave that a lot of thought. And I came to believe that heroism is neither being perfect, nor doing something spectacular. In fact, it’s just the opposite: it’s regular, flawed human beings choosing to put others before themselves, even at great cost, even if no one will ever know, even as they realize the walls might be closing in around them.
It means sitting down the night before D-Day and writing a letter praising the troops and taking all the blame for the next day’s failure upon yourself in case things went wrong, as General Dwight D. Eisenhower did.
It means writing in your diary that you “still believe that people are really good at heart,” even while you are hiding in an attic from the men who are soon going to kill you, as Anne Frank did.
It means signing your name to the bottom of the Declaration of Independence in bold script, even though you know you are signing your own death warrant should the British capture you, as John Hancock did.
It means defending your people’s right to practice a religion you don’t share, even though you know you are becoming a dangerously visible target, as Sitting Bull did.
Sometimes it just means sitting down, even when you are told to stand up, as Rosa Parks did.
None of those people woke up one morning and said to themselves that they were about to do something heroic. It’s just that when they had to, they did what was right.
On April 3, 1968, the night before the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a white supremacist, he gave a speech in support of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since 1966, King had tried to broaden the civil rights movement for racial equality into a larger movement for economic justice. He joined the sanitation workers in Memphis, who were on strike after years of bad pay and such dangerous conditions that two men had been crushed to death in garbage compactors.
After his friend Ralph Abernathy introduced him to the crowd, King had something to say about heroes: “As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: January 18, 2026 – by Heather Cox Richardson
Tags: 1966, Assassinated, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Heather Cox Richardson, heroes, I Have a Dream, Letters from an American, Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, Ralph Abernathy, Tennessee, White Supremacist
#1966 #Assassinated #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #DrMartinLutherKing #HeatherCoxRichardson #heroes #IHaveADream #LettersFromAnAmerican #MartinLutherKingJr #Memphis #RalphAbernathy #Tennessee #WhiteSupremacist -
Letters from an American – January 18, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American, January 18, 2026
By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
When I was writing a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, where heroism was pretty thin on the ground, I gave that a lot of thought. And I came to believe that heroism is neither being perfect, nor doing something spectacular. In fact, it’s just the opposite: it’s regular, flawed human beings choosing to put others before themselves, even at great cost, even if no one will ever know, even as they realize the walls might be closing in around them.
It means sitting down the night before D-Day and writing a letter praising the troops and taking all the blame for the next day’s failure upon yourself in case things went wrong, as General Dwight D. Eisenhower did.
It means writing in your diary that you “still believe that people are really good at heart,” even while you are hiding in an attic from the men who are soon going to kill you, as Anne Frank did.
It means signing your name to the bottom of the Declaration of Independence in bold script, even though you know you are signing your own death warrant should the British capture you, as John Hancock did.
It means defending your people’s right to practice a religion you don’t share, even though you know you are becoming a dangerously visible target, as Sitting Bull did.
Sometimes it just means sitting down, even when you are told to stand up, as Rosa Parks did.
None of those people woke up one morning and said to themselves that they were about to do something heroic. It’s just that when they had to, they did what was right.
On April 3, 1968, the night before the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a white supremacist, he gave a speech in support of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since 1966, King had tried to broaden the civil rights movement for racial equality into a larger movement for economic justice. He joined the sanitation workers in Memphis, who were on strike after years of bad pay and such dangerous conditions that two men had been crushed to death in garbage compactors.
After his friend Ralph Abernathy introduced him to the crowd, King had something to say about heroes: “As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: January 18, 2026 – by Heather Cox Richardson
#1966 #Assassinated #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #DrMartinLutherKing #HeatherCoxRichardson #heroes #IHaveADream #LettersFromAnAmerican #MartinLutherKingJr #Memphis #RalphAbernathy #Tennessee #WhiteSupremacist -
Today, we honor the life, legacy, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Let’s continue to work toward a world defined by equality, justice, and love. #MLKDay #MLK #IHaveADream #Community #Equality