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   StillIRise1963 (stillirise1963@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 01:04:59 JST StillIRise1963

   “…the price that America must pay for the continued oppression of the Negro and other minority groups is the price of its own destruction.”

   MLK
   —The American Dream: July 4, 1965

   • Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 01:42:40 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

     in reply to

     @StillIRise1963

     I had completely forgotten about that prophecy. Thank you for reminding us.
     It is ever more likely to come true in 2025, alas.

     Some have seen it coming, too:

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     Megan (papyrusbrigade@mstdn.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 04:29:32 JST Megan

     in reply to

     @StillIRise1963 That sentence caused me to look up and read the entire speech. Just as relevant today as in 1965.

     https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/the-american-dream-july-4th-speech-transcript-martin-luther-king-jr/amp