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The Complete Letter From His Jail Cell In Birmingham, Alabama
April 16, 1963
The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is a very long letter that you need to read out loud to yourself, your children, your family and your colleagues.  It describes a man frustrated with those who settled for the status quo of the 1960s. It could very well describe the people of today. 

Read it in chunks.  Read it for the next week.  Just read it.

Martin Luther King was a brilliant visionary whose life touched people of all races around the world. As a child of the 1960s, I lived through this era, and had the good fortune to see Dr. King in the massive crowds when he delivered an early version of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Detroit on June 23, 1963. My uncle, Dr. Samuel Prince Charleston, while visiting us from Columbus, Georgia, took me to hear him speak.

I wish for America the conversation on race and ethnicity we still have not had.  I wish for the world the conversation on culture, religion, class, and difference we still have not had.  I wish for us all to acquire the ability to agree to disagree in the spirit of human understanding.

Read this speech and see how we, people of all stripes, can face our future with a greater sense of our interconnectedness as a human race trying to finally get it right. 

-Carole Copeland Thomas

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Which Term Is It? African American or Black?
Understanding The Dynamics of Diversity Categories
Part One

In the 24 years I have been in the diversity, multicultural, and inclusion industry, one of the most active topics of discussion focuses on diversity names, categories, and labels. I will spend the next few articles sharing my perspective on the categories that cause agreement and disagreement to those who lay claim to its importance and meaning in our global society.    

Which Term Is It?  Black or African American?

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Which Term Is It? African American or Black?
Understanding The Dynamics of Diversity Categories
Part Two

Do you know about the complexities of being called an African American?  I am an African American, since I was born in the US and my ancestral roots go back to the 1700s (yes, my cousin, Clarence Gaines, has traced our slave family roots back to 18th century Colonial America).

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