Four years since the murder of 9 members of "Mother Emmanuel" AME Church in Charleston, SC, 6/17/2015. Sadly, not the last victims of white supremacy--they left a legacy of faith that inspired lives of service and decency and showed the world the power of amazing grace.
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"[It was] an act that [the killer] presumed would deepen divisions that trace back to our nation's original sin. Oh, but God works in mysterious ways. God has different ideas." --President Obama, at the memorial for Rev. Clementa Pickney
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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