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This world’s anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back.

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The leaders and followers of the Harlem Renaissance were every bit as intent on using Black culture to help make the United States a more functional d...more

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Just above our terror, the stars painted this storyin perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too oftenabused by ignorance, covered our eyes with m...more

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize th...more

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We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive for...more

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The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissa...more

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A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew.

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Whether we consider hip-hop as an evolved manifestation of the Harlem Renaissance or something completely new under the sun, it clearly has moved beyo...more

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Death wins nothing here,gnawing wings that amputate––then spread, lift up, fly.

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You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.

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What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?

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There is nothing sane, merciful, heroic, devout, redemptive, wise, holy, loving, peaceful, joyous, righteous, gracious, remotely spiritual, or worthy ...more

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Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for t...more

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If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelming, consider more deeply the observation that we a...more

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Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged part...more