The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or t…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety. ✨ Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr
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