Nation-building is never a ‘done deal’ confined to history already established.
ABERJHANIThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.
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Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that contextualize our lives.
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As sad as it may be to admit, in our modern world people are far more accustomed to hearing news of war, genocide, murder, disasters, famine, and disease
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And other facets of human existence. Looking in certain other corners of the same mirror, he or she may experience glimpses of a True Self sheltered deftly behind a mask of public proprieties.
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Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer
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Groping their way through suffocating shadows of political turmoil, economic oppression, military mayhem, starvation, and disease.
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That we all encounter during some unavoidable point of our existence into a sustainable life-affirming poetics of passionate creativity, empowered spiritual vision, and inspired commitment.
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History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.
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Delivering well-crafted speeches, assembling unified coalitions, passing historic legislation, signing well-aimed executive orders, and cultivating a poised but accessible demeanor.
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Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics,
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Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails.
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Whites and Blacks––to recognize that racial disparities fueled by unwarranted bigotry were crippling America’s ability to shine as a true beacon of democracy in a world filled with people
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Overall, my books represent a kind of shared communion and meditation with my fellow human beings…
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President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader.
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Searching for a mind long lost I found it shaping colors and history near the cliffs of your heart.
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There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear.
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