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Alison Wilder
Alison Wilder
@alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

I just saw a program sponsored by my small city's Human Rights Committee. They played a documentary at my local library made by a retired local professor about a local civil rights hero named Jonathan Daniels.

One of the reasons I've chosen this place as my forever home is because of this community's support for each other. More than most places I've been, people care for others. It was touching to see all of that come together in one room on #MLK day.

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Alison Wilder
Alison Wilder
@alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The most punch-you-in-the-gut moment in the documentary for me was the quote from Jonathan Daniels' letters where he talked about learning to love the bigoted, awful people that he was actively fighting against in Alabama in the 60s.

He said he loved them once he realized that they were not free.

Amazing person.

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