musings inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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Rebecca

MLK Day

   “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar.  It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” -MLK, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?   In high school and college, I participated in many a service activity, but they left me dissatisfied.  I was interested [...]

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Rebecca

hardly education

Last semester, while discussing culture wars in American education, my professor told the story of her NYU professor friend who spent a few years teaching middle school social studies prior to pursuing his doctorate.  During a lesson on Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a student brought up that King had been unfaithful to his wife [...]

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Rebecca

-Martin-

In honor of this holiday, I am presenting some of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s own words.  He was a truth teller and an activist in the best sense possible, not just on behalf of civil rights but for race relations, peace, and economic justice.  I ♥ him.  Here he speaks for himself: “As I [...]