When Steve Biko, leader of the Black Consciousness movement died in custody on 9/12 1977 and when an inquiry found no fault with the S.A. government that transported him naked, shackled, unconscious, 750 miles in a Land Rover, it seemed the day of freedom was impossibly far.
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But it was not so. "The sense of defeat is what we are fighting against. People must not just give in to the hardship of life. People must develop a hope...and in this way build up their humanity." --Steve Biko
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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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