African-Americans sparked the struggle for civil rights. Other ethnic minorities have followed suit. Women are not a minority but they have been fighting to assure their civil rights. Gays have been demanding their civil rights, and they have won significant victories.
Can you think of any other group of people who are excluded from legal protections? Who are marginalized in our society? Who are victimized by those in power? Who are dehumanized in today’s dominant culture? Who can be killed at will?
Martin Luther King’s niece has launched a new civil rights initiative: Civil Rights for the Unborn.
From Martin Luther King Jr’s Niece Starts new Campaign: Civil Rights for Unborn Children | LifeNews.com:
On the last day of Black History Month, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece Alevda King launched a new project designed to promote civil rights for another group of unprotected people — unborn children. As the daughter of Rev. A. D. King, a leader in the Civil Right’s movement, King sees the pro-life cause as a continuation of the Civil Rights movement in which her uncle was a prominent leader. . . .
“Our new name reflects what Priests for Life’s African American Outreach program has always been – an arm of the civil rights movement to which my family has dedicated our lives,” said Dr. King. “On this last day of Black History Month, we reaffirm that, acting under the banner Civil Rights for the Unborn, we will clearly and forcefully continue to heighten awareness in the black community that civil rights begin when life begins.”
Over the last 10 years, King’s outreach program to African-Americans has worked nationally with other civil rights activists on numerous efforts, including organizing the Pro-Life Freedom Rides, protesting convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell’s “House of Horrors” abortion clinic, and publicizing “Tonya Reaves Could Have Been Me,” the consciousness-raising campaign that grew from the tragic death of a young African American woman who died from an abortion. . . .
King called her uncle “a man of great compassion, and a man of non-violence.”
“He once said, ‘The Negro cannot win as long as he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his children for comfort and safety,’” she added.
King said her uncle would understand that to include the destruction of unborn children.
“I know in my heart that if Uncle Martin were alive today, he would join with me in the greatest civil rights struggle of this generation – the recognition of the unborn child’s basic right to life,” she told LifeNews.com previously.
“My uncle Martin would agree that we cannot end poverty, hunger, or suffering by killing those who might suffer,” she explained. “We cannot claim to guarantee equal rights if we deny the rights of the helpless. And we cannot feign ignorance of the fact that those who are torn apart, crushed, or left to die on an abortionist’s table are just as human as we are.”
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