There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all ac…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all across this nation. And I welcome this as a marvelous development. The Negro of America is saying he's determined to be free and he is militant enough to stand up. ✨ Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). All Labor Has Dignity, p.82, Beacon Press
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