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grateful for...

dr. king today.

"Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love." ~ Dr. King "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?", 1967

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the emancipation proclamation
excerpts:

"...And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do
order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said
designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall
be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States,
including the military and naval authorities thereof, will
recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to
abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and
I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor
faithfully for reasonable wages...

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice,
warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke
the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor
of Almighty God."

Amendment XIII
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

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it seems like this issue represents so much of life and its process. we have come so far- closer to freedom, equality and justice. but yet we have so so far to go.

it vexes me.