Now, Mr. Lincoln?

Demand for Education

Howell’s words are reminiscent of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s in his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” King wrote, “we know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” [CRM p. 41] Howell demands education for both Black and white people on Black issues.

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