Civil Rights were impossible . . . until one day it wasn't | Weaver & Loom [E082]

Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Fawziah al-Bakr, Annie Kenney and tens of thousands of other stood up (or sat down) for their rights. In this episode we don't focus so much on the courage and sacrifice that so many have made throughout history to fight for and defend civil rights... But we recount Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words after his house was bombed. So many people are standing up today demanding justice and entitlements for themselves. So many are complaining about how they didn't get a fair shake... But our response cannot be to demand our own personal justice, or retribution--instead we must lay down our right and take up the plight of others, not in protest, but in action. What would happen if instead of focusing how we got dealt a bad hand in life, we focused on serving others around us and giving someone else what we never received? Additional links: https://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/january-30-1956-%E2%80%93-martin-luther-king-jr%E2%80%99s-home-was-bombed/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-women-drive.html https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2017/09/26/Saudi-Arabia-King-Salman-orders-driving-licenses-for-women.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Kenney   Until next time... Be a change maker, weave your destiny, own the future. Thank you for listening, and as always you can find me at: www.lucasskrobot.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasskrobot https://www.instagram.com/lucasskrobot ★ Support this podcast ★