Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are th…

Mahatma Gandhi
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners. ✨ Gandhi (Mahatma), Horace Gundry Alexander, National Committee for the Gandhi Centenary (1968). Mahatma Gandhi: 100 years
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