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1. @kayewhitehead.bsky.social (President, @asalh-bhm.bsky.social on #BlackHistoryMonth and this year’s theme.

2. “Yet Another Reason to Love John Lewis—His Stance on Labor” by Rick Kahlenberg (Former Senior Fellow, tcfdotorg.bsky.social

#BHM #Labor #ASALH #RepJohnLewis #JLMLF

"It is not enough to say, 'We must not wage war.' It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but the positive affirmation of peace." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

"Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos. He who loves is a participant in the being of God." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Handwritten Note

"You know, a lot of people don’t love themselves. And they go through life with deep and haunting emotional conflicts. So the length of life means that you must love yourself. And you know what loving yourself also means? It means that you’ve got to accept yourself. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Where Do We Go From Here?" Address

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