Thank You MLK

#ThankYouMLK – A King Center Online Engagement Campaign

How often do we think about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when we ride public transportation? Or drive through a diverse neighborhood with equitable housing? Or eat in our favorite restaurants? Or plan movie theater trips to watch the latest release in a franchise series? Or drop our children off at school?

Dr. King’s leadership and nonviolent strategies influenced all these areas and more.

So, we want to say THANK YOU. 

We invite you to join us.

The King Center’s #thankyouMLK is an online engagement initiative purposed to educate and reflect on Dr. King’s contributions to legislative and cultural change in the United States and across the globe.

You can be a part. Here’s how:

  • Post the graphics we share here on your social media platforms, along with a message that includes #thankyouMLK and #TheKingCenter. You can copy and paste The King Center’s messaging.
  • Follow @thekingcenter on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook for regular #thankyouMLK prompts.
  • Share this campaign with your network and repost The King’s Center’s #thankyouMLK posts.

We hope that you will join us in conveying this brief, yet profound, message…Thank you, #MLK.

#ThankYouMLK – Fair and Equitable Housing

In 1966, to draw attention to discriminatory, racist #housing policies and practices and to be proximate to those experiencing the injustice, Rev. Dr. #MartinLutherKingJr, #CorettaScottKing, and their family moved into a run-down apartment on #Chicago’s West Side.

Alongside Chicago activists, Rev. Dr. King worked to dismantle unfair housing policies that barred Black residents from living in predominately White, middle-class neighborhoods in that city and others across the United States.

The work continued, and on April 11, 1968, 7 days after Rev. Dr. King was assassinated, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act.

The Fair Housing Act protects buyers and renters of housing from discrimination by sellers, landlords, or financial institutions and makes it unlawful for those entities to refuse to rent, sell, or provide financing for a dwelling based on factors other than an individual’s financial resources.

#ThankYouMLK – He Was Arrested 29 Times

Over the course of his strategic, love centered work to defeat hate and eradicate racism, militarism, and poverty, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was jailed 29 times.

#DidYouKnow about #OperationBreadbasket

A department developed within the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (of which Dr. King was President) to create economic opportunities for Black people. The department focused on accomplishing this goal by employing nonviolent strategies to ensure fair housing practices and fair treatment in businesses frequented by Black people.

To learn more about Operation Breadbasket, its strategies, and its outcomes, read Dr. King’s book, ‘Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?’ Available at store.thekingcenter.org

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