This chapter dives deep into a heartfelt poem dedicated to the speaker's mother, touching on forgiveness, understanding, and the enduring bonds of family. Through reflections on absence, reunification, and the symbolism of crows, the speaker navigates the complexities of loss, connection, and inner strength.
When poet, lawyer, and MacArthur Fellow Dwayne Betts was imprisoned for nine years at the age of 16 for carjacking, he only wept twice. One of those times was when he read Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." In this powerful conversation with EconTalk's Russ Roberts, Betts explains why he cried, what he learned from King, King's urgency in the face of injustice, and Betts's thoughts on writing the introduction to a new volume of King's letter.