What we wrestle, in time, becomes truth and poetry.
CZVasser“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.
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes … the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. … You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things. … They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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