Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000

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Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of a greater or equal benefit.” Throughout his narrative, Fairclough conveys at once the grave injustices of segregation, the difficulties in fighting it, and the humanity of its victims. And because Fairclough is appropriately selective in the details he chooses to present, the reader is able to retain the big picture of the struggle’s progress as he moves chronologically through the book. Kerr explained his refusal, for two years, to obey the segregation law: “As an individual, I am entitled to the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment.” urn:lcp:betterdaycoming00adam:epub:cbf8898f-5883-410d-b27c-211d91bb23d3 Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier betterdaycoming00adam Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7rn48c77 Isbn 0670875929

urn:isbn:1440683255 Republisher_date 20120417034744 Republisher_operator [email protected] Scandate 20120416095857 Scanner scribe10.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Source We in this time are truly BLESSED & whilst others follow on like brainless sheep having their minds blown over 50 shades of soft porn, I'd rather have my mind soaked over the 50 shades of equality & slavery;... I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.” When I was young, my father used to say, ‘If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.’ I thought about these words during my journey, and they kept me moving even when I didn’t know where I was going. Those words became the vehicle that drove my spirit forward and made it stay alive.” Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part

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The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.” And later, Fairclough draws an unwarranted similarity between, of all people, Louis Farrakhan and Thomas Sowell. Spring cold is like the poverty of a poor man who has had a fortune left him – better days are coming.”

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”

This was a great book: extremely well researched, honest and informative. I enjoyed it until the last chapter where I feel the time period of 1970-2000 really did not receive the same extensive research as the previous time periods.

In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” Ninety nine percent of the time we have an opportunity to be grateful for something. We just don't notice it. We go through our days in a daze.”If you were a quitter you would have given up on life a long time ago. The fact that you’re still here proves that you’re a fighter with hopes of better days.” Buying flowers is not just a way to bring home beauty. It's an expression of confidence that better days are coming. It's a defiant finger in the face of those naysayers who would have you believe your fortunes will never improve.” Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”