Mark Twain

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

I absolutely love this quote for two reasons. I'm ignorant. And I'm confident. Well, usually. When Twain says to be ignorant, he means to not let logic get in the way of what you want. Rarely do I use logic when I want something. I listen to my heart instead. When you have confidence, you have conviction in what you're doing. When you are confident it is easier to succeed than when you aren't. So if you want something, forget the logic and think you can do it. It usually works.

The civil rights movement story

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/us/19birmingham.html?_r=2

This article has a lot of meaning to people. It shows that more than King and X did something for the civil rights movement. King and X got more publicity than the others but others did in fact make a difference. Other people spoke out and fought against injustice as best as they could. Just because there was less publicity does not mean that it did not move anybody in the right direction. People did the best that they could with whatever they had.