liberation ideologies

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed... There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair... Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air …

…cloud of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in the some not to distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.” (Civil Disobedience in Defense of God-Given Rights) I am my brothers keeper and at the end of my life I hope to be able to say the same.