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Muhammad Ali: A Poet in and Out of the Ring

By Juan Vidal — 2016

Muhammad Ali was the greatest poet and performance artist to ever grace the professional ring. He was a truth teller in every sense, an anti-war pot-stirrer with a wry wit who would effortlessly kick into verse mid-conversation.

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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Silence Is Betrayal—Martin Luther King Jr.

This is part of a very powerful speech Dr. King gave on Vietnam. What he said then is totally applicable to our times now. Substitute words like Vietnam and Hanoi for words like Iraq, Baghdad, Afghanistan, etc.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
2012
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I Am Not Your Negro

In his final years, Baldwin envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King.

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James Baldwin, Raoul Peck
2017
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