Courage, A Blackman's Read Aloud, Hope On A Tightrope

"The best that the prophetic tradition has been able to do on American soil is to produce a social movement. Yet every social movement was either crushed or absorbed. This is why it takes a tremendous act of courage to cut against the American grain- because the powers that be are very serious.

Cornel West page 23
Hope On A Tightrope