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[Longer review, cont in comments] Fascinating look at MLK's legacy. MLK is a frequently whitewashed figure. We look at his major successes without his underlying beliefs & flaws and paint him as a hero instead of the complex man he was. This book does his legacy justice & humanizes MLK in a way I haven't quite seen before. It examines his mental health struggles, religion/politics, & interpersonal struggles within the Civil Rights Movement. 👇🏼

This book hasn't come out yet, but I follow Nic Stone on Twitter, so I've heard a lot about it, and I can't wait to read it. #InspiredByMLK #ReadJanuary

I struggled with today's #readjanuary all day because it feels particularly powerful and timely right now. I cheated a bit and am not sure these are #inspiredbymlk; however, they are all related to social justice and speaking truth to power. Books, both fiction and nonfiction, give us a way to try to understand our lives, who we are, and who we want to be. Using books to grow through #socialjustice, though--what could be more fitting?

This is a heck of a book to be reading today and this week. Our celebrations often create a false narrative surrounding Dr. King's legacy and beliefs, and Dyson argues really well that this is because we have demons we have yet to face. #InspiredbyMLK

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My kids and I joined a packed theater today to see this amazing movie #inspiredbymlk (or at least he seemed to be an inspiration to these remarkable women). #readjanuary

A story of overcoming barriers, Bessie Coleman was the first female African-American pilot. She had to go to France to learn to fly and get her license, as no one would teach her in the U.S. She refused to fly in any airshow that didn't allow both black and white people to attend. From sharecropper childhood in Texas to pilot - an incredible story that my son and I have read many times. #inspiredbymlk #readjanuary

Like @Weaponxgirl I'm #inspiredbyMLK to confront the racism in my own country (UK) where we find it too easy to pat ourselves on the the back for abolishing slavery "early" (1833) and to forget the crimes of an Empire that still existed within living memory. I can't recommend this collection enough, it's too eclectic, too important and too devastating. It should be essential reading. I laughed, I cried and I learned so much. #ReadJanuary #LRC7

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” -- Martin Luther King Jr. #inspiredbymartinlutherkingjr #inspiredbyMLK #ReadJanuary #readdiversebooks

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