Those two brothers began their term as president and attorney general without a real understanding of the problems of race in the South. But through the protests and the demonstrations they came to understand how deeply we suffered. They began to hear the mandate to address the very hypocrisy Dr. King spoke about. These men grew. They changed because of what they experienced, and that is all you can ask of another person. Don’t close your eyes because you are afraid of what you will see. Be honest in your assessment. Transformation and revelation require an adjustment from what we know to what
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