In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy. One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust. [...]
Why DDoS Attacks for Wikileaks Are Not Civil Disobedience
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 17. Dec, 2010 in civil liberties, civil rights, civil rights movement, friends, photo, race and racism, Weblogs, women and feminism
1964 Recording of MLK Discovered at University of Dayton
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 27. Feb, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, race and racism
DAYTON — David Schock shed tears and felt prickles on the back of his neck as he heard the voice of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking on a long-forgotten recording from 1964 at the University of Dayton. “I thought, ‘I’m standing on holy ground here,’” Schock said from his home in Grand Haven, Mich. Schock [...]
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Folks I've got them hungry blues
And nothin' in this to lose
People tellin' me to choose
Between dyin' and lyin' and
keep on cryin'
Tired of them hungry blues
Listen ain't you heard the news
There's another thing to choose
A brand new world
clean and fine
Where nobody's hungry
And there's no color line
A thing like that's worth
anybody dyin'
I ain't got a thing to lose
But them doggone hungry blues
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