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Inspiration for my blog comes from many places: An overheard comment at a bar, serious discourse with friends, movies, and of course, Rachel Maddow.
As we celebrate MLK Day and wince at the other event happening today, I was truly uplifted by a very lengthy analysis by John Blake of CNN. It’s titled, “What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting”.
I found it well worth the 12 minute read because I was inspired by the four lessons that King’s legacy taught us. Among them — and not popular today: “Don’t evaluate a movement’s success by who’s in office”. The piece gives a lesson in dealing with the despair we are feeling. It reminds us that “The civil rights movement of the s and ‘60s was filled with failures. Civil rights activists were assassinated, beaten, betrayed by friends, tortured in jail and disowned by their families,” quotes Blake of Diane Nash, now 86, who knew King.
From the essay: “King said there’s another solution to despair. He believed every social justice movement has “cosmic companionship” — that God, or some other force in the uni
LGBTQ+ Travel
History
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Gay Resorts
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LGBTQ+ EVENTS
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Palm Springs Drag Shows
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Annual Diverse Events in Palm Springs
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