Hear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speak about boycotting white businesses and buying Black. This is a rarely heard part of his famous "I've Been To The Mountaintop" speech that was delivered in Memphis, Tenessee on April 3, 1968, the day before he was assassinated.
25 Comments
The bourgeoisie is looking for what... are the people interested in and how they can take advantage of them. And the only way to curtail their prying into your business is to stop buying their products. Works every time!!!
Yes! Let's spend our money in the race today and everyday..
Great speech
I feel special to have been around when Dr. King was alive. In this speech, he encourages us to do at that time what we continue to discuss and work on doing today to have financial gains. We have established credit unions and banks; unfortunately, we continue to lack the ability to work together, allowing our communities to become financially solid. We must learn to support each other, work together, and trust each other. We cannot be the weakest link if we are to grow financially strong. It's not about being angry with the other group. Let's examine ourselves first.
Dr. King was a great visionary! He had already seen what was needed for our economic change afar off by buying Black. He encouraged us to become economically empowered by refusing to purchase goods or services from without our race. In addition, he also had forseen that this would change the economics within our communities too. Thank you Dr. King for your guidance on how to bring economic change for Black people then and now!
Money talks
So true the same things he were saying back in the 60's are in need today we must stop begging the white man and build our own nation there is so much power in this, we must wake the sleeping black man and woman up at all cost!
Garvey nations plan. Buy black whenever you can.
I know we can make his dream a reality!
We must always be mindful of Our Black Dollars. Spending, by blowing and throwing money way to other races will no longer exist. Once we become totally economically free, this will be our greatest NATION QUEST!!!
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has always been one of my favorites!
Everytime I hear his speech, it makes me teary-eyed just listening to his sincere words of love and concern for his people.
I agree with you, Sister Michelle, Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. gave a revolutionary speech that day!
I am grateful to be a Citizen at Garvey Nation. We are inspired to continue those things that will unify us and make us an economically independent race.
Yes! Garvey Nation is, "a kind of dangerous unselfishness". Ase!
"Redistribute the pain". That was a powerful concept. Still is today.
We are listening to you Dr. King. We are withdrawing economic support of others permanently in Garvey Nation and turning our attention to helping one another achieve economic freedom and the freedoms that come with it. Ase
Martin was a true revolutionary in every sense of the word. A man who is wiling to die for the cause is a true revolutionary!
Brother David I agree with you wholeheartedly.
The idea of withdrawing economic support from others and supporting our own is manifest in KIng Delxino and Queen Debbie's vision, hence Garvey Nation. For this I'm most grateful.
Let’s produce our own massive industries and keep our black dollar to ourselves
Boycott in unity and be purposeful about it. Build banks and deposit our money in them, for the community to prosper, let us be about the people's business, let us serve the people. Get insurance from Black owned insurance company. Brother Martin was on some economic empowerment movement.
America's hatred killed our brother the next day.
Dr. Martin Luther King gave a revolutionary speech that day! He inspired us to truly support our institutions and each other as Brothers and Sisters! That wise counsel was great then, it’s good now and FOREVER, if we want to live as a free and thriving race!
We are going up together here at Garvey Nation. We are building an economic base whereby we will create from this base our own banks. Our own schools. Our own hospitals. Our own stores. Our own neighborhoods. Our own.....You fill in the blank. We must create our own. It starts with having an Economic base. Thankful and Grateful for Garvey Nation.
I think it's a. Crying shame that our strong talking black leaders are gone now , but they taught us. What had to done to survive in this wicked world we are trying to live in with.some peace.
A Powerful Speech in 1968 this was Dr.King Dream and Today we as Negroes was asked to stop giving our Business to other races same as Building the Nation we are moving forward to get our people involved so we will have our own 🫶🏽
I agree, bro "Nat Turner" I never heard that before either.
Thank you for sharing this powerful speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I never heard this before. He was surely talking about the power of the Black dollar. We must see this through.
"When you go to the cinema and you see the glorification of others in the pictures, don't accept it... organize your propaganda to that effect.... show your own motion pictures."
Amen, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hit these corporation in their pocket -- their money.