\u201cThe arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice,\u201d words spoken by Theodore Parker, the abolitionist minister in 1853. Martin Luther King Jr. modified the quote during the Civil Rights Movement when he proclaimed, \u201cthe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.\u201d (The Gospel Messenger 1958) The quote in either form can be interpreted to mean that a passive wait for justice will be rewarded. It can also imply that justice is conferred by those of superior moral, political, or social status on those less fortunate. The Bending Toward Justice digital exhibit project builds on a different interpretation. The exhibits planned and presented in this digital space explore daily life in Florida\u2019s Black communities and document the ways in which African Americans \u201cbent\u201d the arc toward justice through their everyday lives and under extraordinary conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThe arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice,\u201d words spoken by Theodore Parker, the abolitionist minister in 1853. Martin Luther King Jr. modified the quote during the Civil Rights Movement when he proclaimed, \u201cthe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.\u201d (The Gospel Messenger 1958) The quote… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"frontpage.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3692,"href":"https:\/\/bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3297\/revisions\/3692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}