“Fifty-three years further along the arc Dr. King envisioned for America, has our nation yet come to the bend that leads to justice? Or Are the gains of racial justice since 1968 largely nominal? Most important -- regardless of how far we’ve come -- is will we, Americans, harness today’s ambition for racial equality and take action to effectuate the aspirations of civil rights conceived since Reconstruction but which millions of Black American have yet to experience?”

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