"There's a great book about John Kennedy and……" — Michael Eric Dyson
"There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little as possible, any minimal critical effort, to really facilitate civil rights in the White House."
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63 Quotes by Michael Eric Dyson
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Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.
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