Jay-Z & Roc Nation Take Out Full-Page Newspaper Ads With MLK Quote In Honor of George Floyd
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billboard.comOn a day when the music industry took a pause to reflect on Black Out Tuesday, Jay-Z and Team Roc took out full-page newspaper ads across the nation honoring George Floyd.
The ads featured a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from a speech in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 in which the late civil rights leader laid out the importance of standing up in the face of oppression, even if it means laying your life on the line."A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.
A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true," Dr. King said. "So we’re going to stand up amid horses.
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