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Martin Luther King ' NO COMMENTS PLEASE !

Martin Luther King ' NO COMMENTS PLEASE !

DAVID JOHNSON · Saturday, November 13th 2010 at 3:05AM · 105 views

Martin Luther King saw the problem with White liberals and in his letter from the Birmingham jail he wrote:

"...First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."

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Cynthia Merrill Artis Sunday, November 14th 2010 at 12:39AM

D... that's you in jail?

DAVID JOHNSON Sunday, November 14th 2010 at 12:57AM

are you reading the blog ?

Cynthia Merrill Artis Sunday, November 14th 2010 at 1:00AM

yes!!! Hell... I thought u were in for the one shot... one kill... thang!!!

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