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  1. Now that he is safely dead
    Let us praise him
    build monuments to his glory
    sing hosannas to his name.
    Dead men make
    such convenient heroes: They
    cannot rise
    to challenge the images
    we would fashion from their lives.
    And besides,
    it is easier to build monuments
    than to make a better world.

    — excerpt from poet Carl Wendell Hines’ poem, ‘Now That He Is Safely Dead’ about Martin Luther King, Jr.

    26 August, 2011
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    Tagged as Martin Luther King Jr. Poor Peoples' Movement Capitalism Carl Wendell Hines
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