The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.

The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.

Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.

What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?

Like a Passover Poet gliding from house to house and from trembling soul to trembling soul the wind scribbled sonnets of first time love and weeping haikus of last hours on earth.

The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.

Millions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their way.