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MORE THAN A MEAL IN PEACE: ON MLK, THE SIT-IN MOVEMENT, AND BLACKNESS TODAY

This essay was written three years ago on Martin Luther King Day in Oxford, UK.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday: January 15th, 2015.

I woke up at noon and scrambled to make myself presentable enough to eat in the dining hall. I lingered in front of the mirror, contemplating what to do with my hair. I hadn’t braided it last night, resulting in increased volume and loose, wild curls. My grandma, a Southern woman born and bred, would’ve called it “bushy.”

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