To Inspire You

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite

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Today In History

• In 1790 - Jean Baptist Pointe Desable, a French speaking Santo Domingo native, becomes the first permanent resident and thus founder of Chicago.
  
• In 2009 - Alysa Stanton becomes the first African-American woman ever to be ordained as a rabbi and the first African-American rabbi to lead a majority white congregation