“It is a sword that heals”…

Do the Right Thing Tour media page now complete, see the full story of the unforgettable tour in videos, photos, and first-hand reports!

“It is a sword that heals.” We came across those words midway through the Do the Right Thing Tour, during our stop in Atlanta.

On our second day in the city, we received a tour of Atlanta’s many Civil Rights movement landmarks — churches, schools, and other places involved in the city’s rich and inspirational history of struggle against legalized segregation. The tour took us to Morehouse College (Dr. Martin Luther King’s alma mater), where Mr. Charles Black (our tour guide and himself a distinguished veteran of many battles for civil rights in Atlanta), read aloud Dr. King’s words from a statue erected in his honor on the campus. The quote reads:

“Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”

This quote — and the tour of which it was a part — had a powerful impact on the crew from Immokalee. It filled us with renewed energy and enthusiasm after a week on the road, cast our struggle with Publix in a penetrating new light, and provided a stark new outline for our reports from the road the rest of the way.

Following our stay in Atlanta — and from the new perspective provided by standing, however briefly, on the shoulders of the great heroes of this country’s Civil Rights movement — we came to understand our own movement in a more profound way. This new insight was captured in the words of Lucas Benitez from the stage during the final rally in Tampa:

“It is not a question of whether we will win, but when. And when we do win, we will not only help free workers from oppressive conditions in the fields, but we will also free Publix from the impossible burden of supporting and justifying that oppression.” read more

We have finally put the finishing touches on the media page from the tour, and by going there you can see the full story of the unforgettable tour in videos, photos, and first-hand reports. So, visit the Do the Right Thing Media Page today! And to get you started that way, here is a collection of some of the incredible and inspiring videos from the tour: