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#todayinsj RIP Martin Luther King Jr, 1968

A very indepth look at the Civil Rights Movement (in all of it's many forms) during the years 1963-1965. All of the political movers and shakers are mentioned. This is a chunk of a book! #LitsyAtoZ

I respect nonviolence but it does this redneck heart some good to see a woman give a whoopin to bullies...

1/2 way through these two

Has the media changed much over the years? Perhaps not.

"One must not only preach a sermon with his voice. He must preach it with his life" Martin Luther King Jr

"What starts out as a sound ends in a deed". Favorite Rabbi Heschel quote.

Am I ready for this chunk of a book? It would be the perfect day to start.

MLK is a modern saint but the stories we tell tend to be simple narratives--Jim Crow needed to end, some courageous people marched and we figured it all out. The end. Reading the Taylor Branch books is a fantastic reminder of how much of the state marshaled resources opposed to civil rights (the FBI definitely terrifies), how brave activists really had to be, and how many people just watched and waited to see what would happen. Read it.

And now a reading update from the Boston Public Library. Gosh, I love this city.