Jesse Jackson on M.L.K.: One Bullet Couldn’t Kill the Movement- by Yohuru Williams


 Interview for History with the Reverend Jesse Jackson on the anniversary of #MLK50. “M.L.K.: One Bullet Couldn’t Kill the Movement.”
“What was the greatest lesson you learned from Dr. King that allowed you to continue in that moment of despair?
Deep water does not drown you. You drown when you stop kicking. You can’t give up. Even when it’s dark, you must always know that the light is upon us. And we say in scripture, “though you slay me, ye will I trust you.” We will not give up our trust in God and our confidence in our movement just because it was dark.”
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What would you say is Dr. King’s legacy today?
You know when we speak of global peace, that’s a part of Dr. King’s legacy, taking our movement out of the ghettos and barrios and into the global area. The second is building multiracial [coalitions]. I look at those youth marching today from around the nation, they are red, yellow, brown, black and white. That’s the King tradition. He lives in the protests of today. And when we march nonviolently and in great numbers, we always win.
Rev. Jackson, who was part of King’s inner circle in 1968—and witnessed his assassination—weighs in on that shocking moment, its turbulent aftermath and…
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