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Muertes de migrantes en el río Bravo intensifican tensiones entre Texas y el gobierno federal – Los Angeles Times

Agentes del Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas

Agentes del Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas resguardan el ingreso al Parque Shelby, el jueves 11 de enero de 2024, en Eagle Pass, Texas.
(Sam Owens / Associated Press)

Source: Muertes de migrantes en el río Bravo intensifican tensiones entre Texas y el gobierno federal – Los Angeles Times

Happy Birthday, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 3CHICSPOLITICO

 

Today is the official celebration of the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Look Back-1965 Selma March

This is my favorite section from

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]”

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was “well timed” in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word “Wait!” It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This “Wait” has almost always meant “Never.” We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that “justice too long delayed is justice denied…”

 

Source: Happy Birthday, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 3CHICSPOLITICO