{"id":69797,"date":"2010-01-21T12:28:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T17:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=69797"},"modified":"2022-09-15T16:52:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T21:52:56","slug":"nike-mlk-commeoration-incorrect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-mlk-commeoration-incorrect\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike&#8217;s MLK Commemoration Incorrect?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-59498\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-ja-19-10.jpg\" alt=\"Nike's MLK Commemoration\" width=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This past Monday, Nike paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Day by providing some of its brand members with special kicks to wear that night. We must applaud Nike for recognizing this day which lands on or around King Jr.&#8217;s birthday each year. However, this day also represents what Martin Luther King Jr. believed in and what he stood for; did Nike&#8217;s tribute coincide with King Jr&#8217;s beliefs?<\/p>\n<p>Each sneaker featured a grey foil-like base combined with black, green and red accents; you can find this same color combination on the Pan-African flag. For this reason, one may wonder what Nike was actually commemorating. Pan-Africanism centers around a belief which seeks to unite native African heritage into a worldwide society. However, Martin Luther King Jr. believed in not only uniting the African heritage, but unifying the entire world no matter what race. Therefore, the Pan-Africanism inspirations ultimately have nothing to do with King Jr.&#8217;s &#8216;Dream&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, we still must applaud Nike for at least trying its hand at this tribute. However, it would have been all the more special if the commemoration coincided with MLK&#8217;s concepts. What are your thoughts on this act?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-ja-19-6.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Lakers wearing the Nike Zoom Kobe V &quot;MLK Tribute&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-ja-19-3.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kobe Bryant in the Nike Zoom Kobe V &quot;MLK Tribute&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-ja-19-10.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike Zoom Kobe V &quot;MLK Tribute&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-jan-19-6.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rudy Gay turning the corner in the Nike Zoom Sharkalaid &quot;MLK Tribute&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-ja-19-19.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nate Robinson shooting a jumper in the Nike Blue Chip II &quot;MLK Tribute&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-jan-19-4.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OJ Mayo (left) and Leandro Barbosa (right) in the Nike Air Max Rise &quot;MLK Tribute&quot; and the Adidas TS Lightning Creator, respectively<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-ja-19-12.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luol Deng in the Nike Blue Chip II &quot;MLK Tribute&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-ja-19-20.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dante Cunningham (left) and Caron Butler (right) in the Nike Air Max Rise &quot;MLK Tribute&quot; and the Nike Zoom Flip&#39;n, respectively <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41923\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41923\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/01\/koc-ja-19-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks On Court\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcus Thornton laying it up in the Nike Hyperize &quot;MLK Tribute&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Monday, Nike paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Day by providing some of its brand members with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,1225494],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nike&#039;s MLK Commemoration Incorrect? | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Nike&#039;s MLK Commemoration Incorrect? shoes. 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