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Seer for Isaiah DeQuincey Newman How it must have burnt your heart, Isaiah, seer of the Lord, to think that saints would worship boxed up in buildings, yet torn apart by race, divided, mumbling prayers. How it pained you to say, “I come from a people of unclean ways,” how it pained you. But with gentle dignity, you Darlington County man, whispered a prayer, then declared it all spiritual this injustice against the Negro, this stance of racist Jim Crow. And man you labored with patience, even temper and grace to enact the alchemy of turning stony hearts into pliant and giving flesh. Yes, Isaiah, senator who cleared away the dust Jim Crow left, perhaps your heart has found some peace now. from Kwame Dawes, Grace (presented by Historic Columbia Foundation) ...

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