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If I learned from State v. Johnson the limits of law in a society unwilling to do justice, Holmes v. Danner taught me that sustained social agitation, moral suasion, and political action can create an environment in which people in power feel compelled to do the right thing.
Vernon Jordan Jr • Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir
“Honolulu Hula Sale”
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
Leslie Cohen, Robin Bilardello, Milan Bozic, Frank
Daniel Silva • The Order
a curious outsider
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Peter Levine
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In December of 1982, the Cuban-born Luis Alvarez, a Miami police officer, shot and killed Neville Johnson Jr., a young Black Caribbean American man, in an Overtown arcade as Johnson was playing a video game. The following conflagration left eighteen dead and shut down more than two hundred businesses. There was no conviction.