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      11 hours ago

      “If the Negro succumbs to the temptation of using violence in his struggle for justice, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and his chief legacy to the future will be an endless rain of meaningless chaos.”

      I heard his words and understood the significance. You pretend he would support a literal genocide on the American people through gun violence. It is sickening really.

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          10 hours ago

          I will never forget traveling to the East Coast when I was a teenager and seeing that the other side of the train tracks wasn’t just a saying. There were still restaurants blacks were not welcome at. The racism was palpable.