"For years I labored with the idea of reforming the existing institutions of society,

Greyhound

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Tue Jan-06-09 12:21 PM
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"For years I labored with the idea of reforming the existing institutions of society,

a little change here, a little change there. Now I feel quite differently. I think you�ve got to have a reconstruction of the entire society...a radical redistribution of political and economic power." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., May 1967

He and many others knew then and we ignored it, fought to prevent it, and lost our soul in the process.

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Warpy

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Tue Jan-06-09 12:24 PM
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1. Then there are those of us who knew it

and the power structure knew that we knew it and they fought to keep us poor and powerless.

The only two boomers allowed into the presidency have been southern conservatives.

Think about it.

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Greyhound

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Tue Jan-06-09 04:48 PM
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2. True. Even now most refuse to see or believe. n/t

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Greyhound

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Tue Jan-06-09 06:54 PM
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3. Does Martin no longer speak for us? n/t

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