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On the Need for a Moral Vocabulary
Peniel Joseph signing a copy of Freedom Season. I went to the Kennedy Library expecting to hear history. I left thinking about words. At a talk with historian Peniel Joseph and Harvard professor Brandon Terry, the year 1963 came alive — the March on Washington, the murder of Medgar Evers, the bombing in Birmingham, Kennedy’s speech on civil rights. But what stayed with me was the idea of a “moral vocabulary.” It means having the words to tell the truth about what is wrong, to

Bridgit Brown
Sep 26, 20252 min read
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