Jena 6: Wear Black On September 20th…
Taking time out from the music for a “public service announcement”…
Normally I don’t use this blog as a forum for non-music related items, but the atrocity of the events currently going on in Jena (pronounced “gee-na”), Louisiana are hard to ignore. While I can’t do much, this site allows me to have a voice (as small as it may be) and express my outrage at the social (racial?) injustice that we are witnessing.
Anyway, I said all that to say this: there is a call for all people everywhere (doesn’t matter if you are black, white, red, yellow or brown) to show their support for the Jena 6 by wearing all black as a show of solidarity on September 20, 2007. If you are reading this, please pass the word along.
Here are some links for more information:
- Michael Baisden Supports the Jena 6
- Groundswell of Support for the Jena 6
- National Days of Protest To Free the Jena Six
- Jena Six (a summary found on Wikipedia)
- Jena 6 Online Petition
As we attempt to deal with and correct this latest assault on our civil rights, I leave you with some of the words of the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But Conscience asks the question ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.” –Address at SCLC Ministers Leadership Training Program
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” –Letter from a Birmingham Jail
“When evil men plot, good men must plan; when evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind; when evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love; where evil men will seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice.”
And the one quote above all others that I think about most often when I hear about the Jena 6:
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” –Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Remember, show your support/solidarity. Wear all black on September 20th.
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