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Written in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and re-released in paperback just as the nation's Democrats were convening to nominate a black presidential candidate for the first time, Honest Patriots asks Americans to recognize that although we have come a long way toward acknowledging the debt this nation owes to the thousands of African and African American slaves who built the country's physical and fiscal infrastructure, we still have a long way to go. Every January, media outlets and school teachers march out King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech, while politicians embrace the civil rights leader's message of peace and love and deliver their own speeches condemning segregation.
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Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember Its Misdeeds
Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember its Misdeeds. Donald W. Shriver Jr. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. 348 pp. $39.95 hbk. $24.95 pbk.
In this highly personal apology for the injustices that have been committed in the name of a country, a people, and an idea that...See the full content of this document
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