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title: "4 Negro Children Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/it-is-a-commonplace-by-now-to-say-that-the-urban-school-systems-of/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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> [Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-nelson/gen-banks-has-issued-an-order-for-the-instruction-of-negro-children/)

[Knute Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-nelson/)

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> [I believe, the NAACP began to try to organize parents of Negro children to file petitions with the boards of education regarding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-baker/i-believe-the-naacp-began-to-try-to-organize-parents-of-negro/)

[Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-baker/)

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> [One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/one-of-the-great-needs-of-negro-children-is-to-have-books-about/)

[Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/)

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