Babalu Blog: MLK, Ramon and a dream

Posted on: January 16th, 2006
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“Today, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as this country both mourns the death of and celebrates the life of MLK, there is another man, a leader of a community following the footsteps of today’s honoree and fighting, risking his own life for what is moral and just and right.

It is the ninth day of Ramon Saul Sanchez’s hunger strike. Nine days without food, in solemn protest of the wet foot/dry foot policy that has repatriated thousands of Cubans seeking freedom. Seeking equality. Seeking civil and human rights. The very same thing Martin Luther King gave his life for….”

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