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Mandela. \u00a0King. \u00a0An American and an African. \u00a0Different, so different in background, but similar in their life work and impact. \u00a0No, not the same path, at least not at first, but similar in the end. \u00a0Leading with an open heart, an organizer’s toughness, an idealist’s hope and the clarity of true seers. \u00a0One assassinated in the land of the free and the home of the brave, the other dead of old age in the land of apartheid.<\/p>\n
(I was not born with a hunger to be free; I was born free. Nelson Mandela)<\/p>\n
Both, it turns out, were human. \u00a0As should be known from the beginning since no one descends from the womb into this life a virtuous person. \u00a0Neither, it turns out, will be forgotten. \u00a0As it should be. \u00a0We need men and women who teach us about the possibilities for those of us with flaws, with dreams, with passions for justice.<\/p>\n
MLK got a national holiday. \u00a0It would be a stunning gesture to give Mandela a national holiday here, too, wouldn’t it? \u00a0Say on Juneteenth, balancing King’s winter with Mandela’s summer. \u00a0So, from this day forward, Ancientrails will celebrate June 19 as Nelson Mandela day. \u00a0Maybe others will, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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