Carmellita
1 min readJan 19, 2024

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Yes Toni. Martin Luther King had his eye on a prize that would have shaken the political foundation of this country and put the power back into the hands of the people. Here's a excerpt from AmsterdamNews.com:

“Midway through the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. realized that the struggle for integration would ultimately become a struggle for economic rights,” Belafonte reflected. “I remember the last time we were together, at my home, shortly before he was murdered. He seemed quite agitated and preoccupied, and I asked him what the problem was?”

According to Belafonte, King responded, “I’ve come upon something that disturbs me deeply. We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know we will win, but I have come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house. I’m afraid that America has lost the moral vision she may have had, and I’m afraid that even as we integrate, we are walking into a place that does not understand that this nation needs to be deeply concerned with the plight of the poor and disenfranchised."

https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/01/10/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-i-fear-i-am-integrating-m/

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Carmellita
Carmellita

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Writer, Poet, Storyteller, & Scholar. BA in Speech Communication. Joyful Creator. Blogger with an old-school flavor. A former ghostwriter who came back to life.

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