Ocupation: Lawyer
Life: b. January 8, 1929
Birthday: January 8
Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong.
topic: Ideas, America, Long, Revolutionary Ideas, Slavery In America