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the United States has by far the highest rates of incarceration in the Western world; it witnesses more gun violence than any other so-called civilized country; its entertainment industry glorifies violence, misogyny, sexual promiscuity,
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“Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Some have closed their eyes to the poor, others to the educational injustice and economic disparities that continue to plague our country. And, yes, some continue to close their eyes, not wanting to do the hard work of going to the other part of town getting to know someone who doesn’t think like, act like, look like, or vote like me.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“He looked upon us standing sinners, and intentionally gave up His comfortable seat, embracing the discomfort of the cross so that we might sit and reign with Him for all eternity.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The purpose of our direct-action program is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“most of us believers need to confess that at least some of the time and in some of our actions, we actively or passively nurture some of the underlying prejudice, paternalism, or attitudes that remain from our country’s racist past.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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