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A Local Newspaper Editorial–the Importance of Martin Luther King Day
The slaying of nine people as they studied the Bible at Mother Emanuel AME Church touched Charleston in profound ways: the horror of the hate-filled act, the fear that raw racism lurks where we least expect it, and the desire to see that nothing like that happens again here.
But most profound was the response of victims’ families, who didn’t speak in anger, as would have been justified. Instead they spoke of forgiveness ”” the message they learned in Bible studies and from church elders.
And the message of peace and love they also heard in the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King.
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