Biafra, reconciliation and fierce urgency of now!
Biafra, reconciliation, and 'fierce urgency of now' By Dr. Uchenna Ekwo On 13/12/2015 11:28:30 AM When the late civil rights icon, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the 1963 March on Washington and elsewhere, he emphasized what he phrased as “the fierce urgency of now,” the need for immediate, “vigorous and positive action” on civil rights. He reminded a divided America that the citizens needed one another, and that the country was stronger when it marched forward, together. “We cannot walk alone,” he said. “And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back.” Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer Zelizer recently invoked King’s words for the title of his new book: The Fierce Urgency of Now and suggested that President Lyndon Johnson’s astonishing achievements were made possible by embracing King’s clarion call for civil rights. In a brief three-year window, 1963-1966, President Johnson accomplished the pass...
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