Exactly 50 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. On the anniversary of his death, activists, politicians, citizens, and people of all races, sexual orientations, and genders are honoring his legacy with #MLK50, which is currently trending on Twitter.
Here are just a few of the best tweets about the legendary civil rights leader.
\u201cDr. King was proof that the promise of America can beat so strongly in the heart of one person they can move this nation. We can all -- 300 plus million Americans -- honor Dr. King\u2019s legacy by remembering that today. #MLK50\u201d— Joe Biden (@Joe Biden) 1522852132
\u201cToday, we honor and remember your courage, contributions, and teachings. Thank you, #MLK. #MLK50 https://t.co/POlPGprrgD\u201d— shonda rhimes (@shonda rhimes) 1522862480
\u201c"The time is always right to do what's right." #MLK50\u201d— Chad Griffin (@Chad Griffin) 1522855794
\u201cFifty years later, Dr. King continues to challenge us. Now is not the time to throw up our hands, it's the time to roll up our sleeves. #MLK50\u201d— Vice President Kamala Harris (@Vice President Kamala Harris) 1522856090
\u201cHere is a letter that Dr Martin Luther King \u2018s widow Coretta Scott King wrote 30 years ago warning people about Jeff Sessions\u2019 racism. And now Sessions is the US Attorney General #MLK50\u201d— Tariq Nasheed \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Tariq Nasheed \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1522856021
\u201c50 years ago today, the world lost a hero. But we didn't lose his message of unity. #MLK50\u201d— Ellen DeGeneres (@Ellen DeGeneres) 1522864357
\u201cWere Martin Luther King still with us, he\u2019d take a knee to fight white supremacy. Right alongside Colin Kaepernick. #MLK50\u201d— Eugene Gu, MD (@Eugene Gu, MD) 1522862040
Faith without works is dead, and commemoration without courageous action is empty.
— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) April 4, 2018
As a new generation of activists and change agents, how do you plan to take forward Dr. King’s legacy? Respond with your own video. #MLK50 @Mic pic.twitter.com/esoMIZxJAP
\u201c"But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars."\n#MLK50\u201d— Del. Danica Roem (@Del. Danica Roem) 1522848749
\u201c50 years ago today, I learned the painful news that my friend, my mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis, TN. He was my brother, my leader--that day it felt like something died in all of us.\u201d— John Lewis (@John Lewis) 1522853984
\u201cThere will be no handholding of colonizers and so-called white allies today. We are commemorating the assassination of King today because he was killed by a white supremacist at age 39. Non-violence and respectability couldn\u2019t save him. #MLK50\u201d— April (@April) 1522838005
\u201cToday, I\u2019m thinking of Coretta Scott King\u2019s words, which I have taped to a cabinet door. Today\u2019s youth, led by their granddaughter, Yolanda King, and @Emma4Change, and so many others, will ensure MLK's dream of equality, freedom, and non-violence never dies. #MLK50\u201d— Billie Jean King (@Billie Jean King) 1522846489
\u201c50 years ago - #MLK50\u201d— ROSIE (@ROSIE) 1522845306
\u201c-Equated \u201c2 sides\u201d re Charlottesville\n-Called black athetes, \u201csons of bitches\u201d\n-Attacked John Lewis\n-Silent when black men abused/killed by bad cops\n-Called African countries \u201cshit-holes\u201d\n-Said Haitians have AIDS \nIf u support or are Trump, pls spare us the #MLK50 tweets. Really.\u201d— Ana Navarro-C\u00e1rdenas (@Ana Navarro-C\u00e1rdenas) 1522843950
