By Sean Yoes — 2021
Many argue the Black American struggle for freedom and justice in the 20th century was facilitated mainly via two paths: faith (the church) and the law (the courtroom).
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CLEAR ALL
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Be the peace you wish to see in the world.
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If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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