For centuries black Americans debated how to overcome racism - but they always emphasized human agency and individual responsibility.
The civil-rights
movement, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., helped deliver America from
the historic sins of slavery and Jim Crow by forcing the nation to confront the
full humanity of its black citizens. King’s words and actions glorified America
by transfiguring its racial wound and revealing its redemptive promise. Yet
today many black leaders have lost sight of King altogether and are aiding and
abetting the crucifixion of their own people. Rather than hope, they see
despair; rather than the Easter Sunday of true liberation, they offer the bleak
Good Friday of never-ending misery. [more...]
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