Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000

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Writing isn’t brain surgery, but it’s rare when someone adept at the latter is also so accomplished at the former. Searching for meaning and purpose in his life, Kalanithi pursued a doctorate in literature and had felt certain that he wouldn’t enter the field of medicine, in which his father and other members of his family excelled. “But I couldn’t let go of the question,” he writes, after realizing that his goals “didn’t quite fit in an English department.” “Where did biology, morality, literature and philosophy intersect?” So he decided to set aside his doctoral dissertation and belatedly prepare for medical school, which “would allow me a chance to find answers that are not in books, to find a different sort of sublime, to forge relationships with the suffering, and to keep following the question of what makes human life meaningful, even in the face of death and decay.” The author’s empathy undoubtedly made him an exceptional doctor, and the precision of his prose—as well as the moral purpose underscoring it—suggests that he could have written a good book on any subject he chose. Part of what makes this book so essential is the fact that it was written under a death sentence following the diagnosis that upended his life, just as he was preparing to end his residency and attract offers at the top of his profession. Kalanithi learned he might have 10 years to live or perhaps five. Should he return to neurosurgery (he could and did), or should he write (he also did)? Should he and his wife have a baby? They did, eight months before he died, which was less than two years after the original diagnosis. “The fact of death is unsettling,” he understates. “Yet there is no other way to live.” To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1987) 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. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” This book really reminded me of the forgotten struggle that our forefathers & mothers had 2 endure just 2 get the rights that most of us take for granted 2day;...

urn:lcp:betterdaycoming00adam:epub:cbf8898f-5883-410d-b27c-211d91bb23d3 Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier betterdaycoming00adam Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7rn48c77 Isbn 0670875929 When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day.” These thoughts and tips from the past 200 years will help you to refuel your optimism and renew your outlook on the future if you are going through a tough day or month or you are having trouble with staying on your path until you reach your goal or dream. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” 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.”

A moving meditation on mortality by a gifted writer whose dual perspectives of physician and patient provide a singular clarity. And I avow my faith that we are marching towards better days. Humanity will not be cast down. “We are going on swinging bravely forward along the grand high road and already behind the distant mountains is the promise of the sun.” Every situation in life is temporary so, when life is good, make sure you enjoy and receive it fully. And when life isn’t so good, remember that I will not last forever and better days are on the way.” 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.

Hope — Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us…A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.” The very second you begin to doubt is the minute you lose sight of your outcome. Even in our darkest hour, will we find better days. Don't let the years pass, reflecting the light that becomes your shadow.” 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;...Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.” Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.” Have faith in tomorrow, for it can bring better days. Never wish for yesterday, for it has gone its separate ways. Believe in today, for it’s what you’re living now.”

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.”

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Race & Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972, University of Georgia Press ( Lillian Smith Book Award winner, 1995) I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.” Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.”