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Friday, May 29, 2020

Quote of the Day -- Timely, Sadly Still Relevant Edition


Inevitability was one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s favorite words, and it would roll from his lips laced with ...

"I contend that the cry of 'black power' is, at bottom, a reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality for the Negro. I think that we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard." 

--Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28,1963

Still sadly true--and relevant--today.