It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks…

Maya Angelou
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It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it. ✨ America's Renaissance Woman. Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.
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