Letter from Birmingham Jail is so damn amazing.... And it reads like a new letter each and every single year.
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I can't help but think about
#BlackLivesMatter
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I'm just gonna post quotes that stick out from Letter from Birmingham Jail. But before I do: something that really stuck out this time...
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And it's about time itself. There are some parts here where MLK sounds like a physicist theorizing about the properties of space.
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I know that sounds like a bit of tangent—and it is. But it also reflect's King's profound intelligence. It just really stuck out this time.
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But here are some quotes.... Some just choice quotes for MLK Day 2015.
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"I am here ... because we were invited here. Beyond this, I am [here] because injustice is here."
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"Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea..."
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"... Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider."
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I mean, there's been so much "outside agitator" narrative this last year.pic.twitter.com/JbMV7H3kJp
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Again.... What's changed in 50 years? What hasn't?
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"You deplore the demonstrations that are presently taking place [...]"
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"But I am sorry that your statement did not express a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
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