or pessimistic," [Sonia] Sanchez replied. "It puts you in a ring that is very difficult to get out of. I think . . . that progress began, you know, and progress will continue to be, and you cannot stop this flow . . . of what I call this river of progress."It might be at a state of stasis sometimes, the river might get clogged up from brushes and crazy people coming along with crazy ideas, right? But the river is such a force that . . . once you start that river flowing, it cannot be stopped."
from The Birmingham News: Birmingham-born poet Sonia Sanchez sees civil rights progress as an unstoppable river
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