Two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which … - Sarah-Patton Boyle

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Sarah-Patton Boyle

Two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which threatened their Dream. And colored Southerners had none to hear that which could reduce their anger.

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. . . the constructive power of an image is not measured in terms of its truth, but of the love it inspires.

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Serviceis love in action, love "made flesh"; service is the body, the incarnation of love. Love is the impetus, service the act, and creativity the result with many by-products.

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To grow is sometimes to hurt, but who would return to smallness?

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. . . in 1950 a very large slice of the white South stood at the crossroads in its attitude toward its colored citizens and [was] psychologically capable of turning either way.

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