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If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.

Firsts, Ifs, Reconciliation, Truth
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Unjust social orders do not fall merely by appeals to the consciences of the oppressor, though such appeals may be an important element; history teaches us that they fall because a large enough number of people organize a movement powerful enough to push them down. Rarely do such revolutions emerge in a neat and morally pristine process.

Element, Fall, Numbers, Powerful, Push, Social

We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional narrative is soothing, moving, and politically acceptable, and has only the disadvantage of bearing no resemblance to what actually happened.

Demands, Facts, Kings, Moving, Nonviolence, Precisely

It appeared clear to me - partly because of the lies that filled my history textbooks - that the intent of formal education was to inculcate obedience to a social order that did not deserve my loyalty. Defiance seemed the only dignified response to the adult world.

Formal, History, Lies, Loyalty, Lying, Order

In the years since his murder, we have transformed King into a kind of innocuous black Santa Claus.

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We are runaway slaves from our own past, and only by turning to face the hounds can we find our freedom beyond them.

Face, Faces, Past, Runaway, Slave, Slaves
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