MLK Day

[michigancat]

Knew a guy that used to call it "you be we be" day. He was from the racist part of Kentucky.

If you couldn't figure it out, he'd be sure to tell you: "You be black, we be off. "


Gonna win 'em all!

yeah I read that whole post like three times and still couldn't figure it out

[slobber]

Knew a guy that used to call it "you be we be" day. He was from the racist part of Kentucky.

If you couldn't figure it out, he'd be sure to tell you: "You be black, we be off. "


Gonna win 'em all!

yeah I read that whole post like three times and still couldn't figure it out

Say it like "Youbewebe" and then imagine you are old and racist. I think that is what really sells it.

[mocat]

did the pit thread discuss this?

so two years ago?

Updated

Government building saying that crap? Wow

[Rage Against the McKee]

I think Robert E Lee day is an Alabama state holiday. Mississippi and Arkansas also celebrate the confederacy on MLK day. They probably created it as soon as MLK day became a holiday so they wouldn't have to feel so bad about celebrating the life of a black man.

[star seed 7]

They are separate days that happen to fall on the same day a lot

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

both of those guys were outrageously large studs

Have not seen much evidence Robert E. Lee was a stud.  Mostly, he seems like an idiot who picked the losing side in an enormously important historical struggle for human rights.

Yeah. I do give him credit for surrendering earlier than most would have.

#1 in his class at west point.

[bubbles4ksu]

both of those guys were outrageously large studs

Have not seen much evidence Robert E. Lee was a stud.  Mostly, he seems like an idiot who picked the losing side in an enormously important historical struggle for human rights.

Yeah. I do give him credit for surrendering earlier than most would have.

#1 in his class at west point.

a stud general to be sure but they need to understand that the british don't celebrate george washington day.

[Skipper44]

both of those guys were outrageously large studs

Have not seen much evidence Robert E. Lee was a stud.  Mostly, he seems like an idiot who picked the losing side in an enormously important historical struggle for human rights.

Yeah. I do give him credit for surrendering earlier than most would have.

#1 in his class at west point.

a stud general to be sure but they need to understand that the british don't celebrate george washington day.

that is a very good point, what other losers have a holiday?

[Spracne]

This happened 47 years ago today:

http://www.lib.k-state.edu/martin-luther-king-jr-visits-k-state

A full transcript of his speech:
https://www.lib.k-state.edu/sites/default/files/documents/MLKatKState.pdf

When MLK was assassinated in Memphis, he had a note in his pocket with the names of then-UP McCain, and the PoliSci dept head:
http://www.cadsr.udel.edu/inthenewsdocs/03022010ud.pdf

Also, there were a lot of big-name lecturers at K-State in 1968. MLK, RFK, Reagan, George Romney, Fulbright, etc.
https://archive.org/stream/royalpurple1968unse#page/46/mode/2up/search/convocation

Apparently he never cleaned out his jacket pockets...

As a married student-athlete with a child at his duration at KU, Floyd's experiences were somewhat different than many of his fellow Jayhawks. He graduated from Kansas in 1961 with a degree in education and decided to get involved with human rights activism. A few years later, Floyd was able to be in the presence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at various human activism conferences. In January of 1968, Floyd shared the stage with Martin Luther King, Jr., at a conference on the Kansas State University campus and was fascinated by the way King spoke and the type of person that he was.

"He was a marvelous speaker, his prose was absolutely incredible in the way he could deliver a speech, Floyd explained. "He embraced a worldwide concept of freedom and equal opportunity and was moving beyond just the issues in the Unites States. In retrospect, he was miles ahead of everybody in the concept of a world that was free of discrimination, segregation and victimization."

Just as Dr. King made a lasting impression on Floyd, Dr. King may have felt much the same way about Floyd. In 2010, it was revealed that when Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, a piece of paper with five names on it that he gave recognition to in his presentation from his conference in Kansas had been found in the pocket of his suit jacket. One of those five names was Homer Floyd, who was chairman of the event back in 1968.

http://www.kuathletics.com/news/2015/1/14/FB_0114152214.aspx

[Asteriskhead]

I think lib^7's class was the first at our high school to get the day off.

Yes! There was an organized walk out the year before I got there

Worked today, but my last company we had the day off but it usually turned into a floating day since it's hard to have everyone gone when we deal with so many other companies that don't observe the day.

There was one teacher who was real butthurt that a bunch of white teenagers would walk out of school just to get the day off. Like, he was still butthurt about it 8 years after the fact.