“In the end we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Murder is murder whether it’s a lynching in Georgia or a choke hold in Minnesota or New York City. At the end of the day, it’s not what side you stand on or the color of your skin but what you said and did. CZV
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in professional sports in America and became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball by signing with the then Brooklyn Dodgers. Almost 75 years later, his impact is still felt in American society because of the major sacrifices he made decades ago.
New York, New York Pandemic September 2021
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