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ClaudetteCC

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3. This is my favorite document of his

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 09:37 AM

Jan 20

and feel it doesn't get the exposure that it deserves. Often the spoken word (especially with grand backdrops) gets more attention than the brilliance and insight presented in this letter.

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Letter From A Birmingham Jail -- Martin Luther King [View all] lastlib Jan 20 OP

Thank you... Think. Again. Jan 20 #1

. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 20 #2

Thanks for adding this! lastlib Jan 20 #10

I see it on this very site Keepthesoulalive Jan 20 #14

exactly WhiskeyGrinder Jan 20 #15

This is my favorite document of his ClaudetteCC Jan 20 #3

Thank you. niyad Jan 20 #4

May MLKs words echo endlessly until social justice becomes the way we all live. Clouds Passing Jan 20 #5

2024 is the embodiment of "justice too long delayed is justice denied." SunSeeker Jan 20 #6

Thank you, lastlib. calimary Jan 20 #7

Thank-you for posting this! Blue_Roses Jan 20 #8

My very first college English assignment was to read this and submit an abstract summarizing it in 4-6 sentences. Hotler Jan 20 #9

Thank you for posting that. FemDemERA Jan 20 #11

My activist group is not meeting today. murielm99 Jan 20 #12

Thank you, lastlib. ancianita Jan 20 #13

Thank you MustLoveBeagles Jan 20 #16