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RemembeRing Kobe bRyant Readers

said the Feb. 10 cover featuring NBA star

Kobe Bryant would become “a keepsake,”

as Gilbert B. Battung of San Ramon, Calif.,

put it. Russ Kelley of

Largo, Fla., wrote that

while he’s “not a huge

fan of basketball,”

the “perfect” cover

image stuck with him

because of Bryant’s

pose, “like he was say-

ing goodbye.” And Es-

ther Lerman of Oak-

land, Calif., wrote that

Evette Dionne’s essay

on wrestling with the

controversial aspects

of Bryant’s past “thoughtfully and clearly”

acknowledged “the trauma he caused as well

as the joy he brought.”

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT▶In the March 2/March 9 issue, a

profile of the Rev. William J. Barber II misquoted one of his statements. Barber

said that “Republicans have racialized poverty,” not “property.”

WHAT YOU

SAID ABOUT ...

the fight foR equality The March 2/

March 9 special issue on Martin Luther

King Jr.’s legacy and the state of equality

in America prompted Texas Congressman

Lloyd Doggett to tweet a line from a piece by

his colleague, Repre-

sentative John Lewis:

“What is happening

is a threat to our de-

mocracy.” For Otegha

K. Uwagba, the line

to share was from

sociologist Tressie

McMillan Cottom’s

essay on inequality

in the gig economy,

about how poor black

Americans are “hus-

tling from zero.” The piece “cuts straight to

the bone,” Uwagba tweeted. Also on Twit-

ter, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons said the

profile of the Rev. William J. Barber II, about

how he holds that “being a person of faith

means fighting for justice,” was a reminder

of “Jesus’ call... to fight for social and eco-

nomic justice.”

‘Thank you

for stepping

out of the

normal

comfort

zones.’

ELMER J. SAUNDERS,

Plano, Texas

‘Sports has

a way of

bringing

us together

in joy and

disappoint­

ment.’

LINDA ROBERTSON,

Richmond, Calif.

The March

On Feb. 26 at the DuSable Museum of African

American History in Chicago, TIME unveiled

The March, a virtual reality re-creation of the

1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther

King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The launch

featured performances by the Compton Kidz

Club and King College Prep Choir, top. The

experience, executive-produced by Viola Davis

and Julius Tennon and created in partnership

with the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., and

supported by American Family Insurance, will

run in Chicago through November. Learn more,

book tickets, and find future locations at

time.com/the-march

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PROGRAMMING NOTETIME’s 100 Women

of the Year is a special double issue that

will be on sale for two weeks. The next issue

of TIME will be published on March 19 and

available on newsstands March 20.

THE MARCH, VR: DANIEL BOCZARSKI—GETTY IMAGES FOR TIME (2); MAGAZINES: FRANCIS SON