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"He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House."

Ralph Abernathy, American Activist

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"He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House."

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"You may be assured that we won't ever let your words die. Like the words of our Master, Jesus Christ, they will live in our minds and our hearts and in the souls of black men and white men, brown men and yellow men as long as time shall last."

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