Anyway, here's the lyrics of the Battle Hymn, which––to continue that theme––was written by abolitionist and suffragist Julia Ward Howe. Notably, unlike other suffragists, Howe refused to throw Black men's suffrage under the bus so that white women could gain the right to vote.

Anyway, again thinking about the opening of "Violence and the Word" for no real reason:

Trying something new: the first post on a newsletter dedicated to writing about the intersection between literature and public-interest lawyering. (We'll see if I keep this up...)

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