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

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

Equality, Community, Treatment

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"The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath."

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"The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina."

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"King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian."

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