Earlier today this photo was brought to my attention here, where I read these words of James Baldwin:
One discovers the light in darkness, that is what darkness is for; but everything in our lives depends on how we bear the light. It is necessary, while in darkness, to know that there is a light somewhere, to know that in oneself, waiting to be found, there is a light.
The photo of James Baldwin reminded me of another photo,
which prompted me to look for the photo of this moment:
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Young people carrying a 60-year-old song forward:
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"... Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood
Let the smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood
Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves
Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace
Let me die in my footsteps
Before I go down under the ground ..."
Let the smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood
Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves
Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace
Let me die in my footsteps
Before I go down under the ground ..."
-- Lyrics from "Let Me Die in My Footsteps," written by Bob Dylan in March 1962
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