Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Vincent Harding
Born: July 25, 1931
Died: May 19, 2014 (aged 82)
Bio: Vincent Gordon Harding was an African-American historian and a scholar of various topics with a focus on American religion and society. A social activist as well, he was perhaps best known for his work with and writings about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Known for:
- There Is a River (1981)
- We changed the world (1995)
- The other American revolution (1980)