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African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Barack Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.
Alveda King
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Alveda King
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 22
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Reconciliation means - in victory, I win and you're wrong, and then you lose.
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Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary rules of courtesy.
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You hate evil, but you don't hate the people that do evil. So, hate has to go out the window.
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The non-violent movement seeks justice and reconciliation, not victory - or not just victory.
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Coming forth, you've got to love each other and you have to have faith. And you never lose hope. Even when things are really, really, really bad - there's always hope.
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Abortion and racism are evil twins, born of the same lie. Where racism now hides its face in public, abortion is accomplishing the goals of which racism only once dreamed. Together, abortionists are destroying humanity at large and the black community in particular.
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