our democracy is at stake  the future of the american ideaboth then and now, here and abroaddepends on the vision, courage, and determination of decent and compassionate people to engage in socratic questioning of the powers that be, to take the risk of prophetic witness, and to preserve a hope for democratization. our nation and world now have the blues, so we must learn from our blues peoplefrom the grand examples of frederick douglass, martin luther king jr., fannie lou hamer, ronnie mcnutt, myles horton, and muriel rukeyser. the american practice of niggerization must die for the american idea of democratization to liveyet again.
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