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"They saw themselves, by the power of God and the dint of their own dogged determination, climbing out of downtroddenness, out of degradation, toward the God who called them to be soldiers of the Cross of Christ, working for a better world for themselves and their children."

This essay on MLK is terrific. Punchy, sweeping yet specific, tied to the book's narrative but strong enough to stand as is, counterintuitive but not facile. Will use.

I should've guessed Marcus Garvey was an Anglo-Catholic. Jamaican with an eye for vestments.

Every DuBois quote leaps off the page, of this and every book. Dude was writing and thinking at a level few can even aspire to. How could my secondary education reduce him to Booker T's progressive debate partner? How is he not a tentpole in the national curriculum?