How 'The Darkest Minds' forecasts a timely vision of a youth-led future
by Tre'vell Anderson, Los Angeles Times
Aug 06, 2018
4 minutes
ATLANTA - When Whitney Houston sang "I believe the children are our future/ Teach them well and let them lead the way ..." in her 1985 cover of George Benson's "The Greatest Love of All," perhaps she knew there'd come a time when youth would truly chart a path forward.
Much like the school-aged children and college students who helped undergird efforts of the civil rights movement, this generation's millennials have assumed the major responsibility of speaking truth to power - from the "Arab Spring" to the Black Lives Matter movement to Parkland students marching for gun
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