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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
- Mahatma Gandhi
most explicitly political, referencing the racial strife of the time. This move on the part of Coltrane and the force of its appeal among young black intellectuals, writers, and artists was less the expression of a whimsical adventure of happenstance or misdirection than the articulation of a very powerful yearning for black expression and dialogue
... See moreLeonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
James Baldwin, Malcolm X.
Bruce Springsteen • Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship (Goop Press)
In another instance, during a 1964 speech Hamer boldly questioned if the “Constitution is really going to be of any help in this American society. . . . We want to see is democracy real?” she asked.87 “We want to see this because the challenge is based upon the violation of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States C
... See moreKeisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
En passe de devenir une figure emblématique, mais controversée, du mouvement africain-américain, Williams va faire de la section locale de la NAACP une véritable « unité de combat10 », essentiellement composée de vétérans expérimentés11, décidée à mettre un terme à l’injustice raciale et à l’« Empire invisible » (terme par lequel s’autodésigne le K
... See moreElsa Dorlin • Se défendre (French Edition)
Not once have the Civilized been able to honor, recognize, or describe the Savage. He is, practically speaking, the source of their wealth, his continued subjugation the key to their power and glory.
James Baldwin • Notes of a Native Son
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
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“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.
CESAR CHAVEZ