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G_j

(40,372 posts)
Sat May 30, 2020, 07:54 PM May 2020

My heart breaks when I read this MLK Jr. quote.

Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.


Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail

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My heart breaks when I read this MLK Jr. quote. (Original Post) G_j May 2020 OP
Hope is a wonderful thing but false hope, like false pride, is worthless... abqtommy May 2020 #1
Actually MLK G_j May 2020 #2

G_j

(40,372 posts)
2. Actually MLK
Sun May 31, 2020, 07:23 AM
May 2020

was one of those rare people who could make hope reality through love and unrelenting will power. Unfortunately, he was murdered.

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