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“The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.”

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Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

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A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person who does…

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Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

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I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.

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Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

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By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader.

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How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

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