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In the Spirit of Sankofa,
SPEAKING OF HOPE
A conversation between two women, across two generations, who demonstrate the power of coming together. They had never met one another—until now
... The elder civil rights leader moves the young artist to tears as she recounts how, at the very hotel in which they’re situated, she planned the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s 10th anniversary convention. She had just suffered the most humiliating of rejections at their intended venue. As she tells it, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., complained to the manager, who was white, about the subpar service they were receiving, the manager snapped back: “You’re the problem ...
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In the Spirit of Sankofa,
SPEAKING OF HOPE
A conversation between two women, across two generations, who demonstrate the power of coming together. They had never met one another—until now
... The elder civil rights leader moves the young artist to tears as she recounts how, at the very hotel in which they’re situated, she planned the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s 10th anniversary convention. She had just suffered the most humiliating of rejections at their intended venue. As she tells it, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., complained to the manager, who was white, about the subpar service they were receiving, the manager snapped back: “You’re the problem ...
http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsore...utm_source=GM_SR_P_1452&sr_source=lift_gemini
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