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Quote by Thurgood Marshall
A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi has exa

A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. Its not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. – Thurgood Marshall

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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots. – Thurgood Marshall

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Teacher Appreciation
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If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. – Thurgood Marshall

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alone
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A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family. – Saul Alinsky

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Racism? But isnt it only a form of misanthropy? – Joseph Brodsky

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In the racial picture things will never be as they once were. History has reached a turning point, here and over the world. – Medgar Evers

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I realize that Im black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybodys wish. – Michael Jordan

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You know, wed just had a birthday, he was… you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world… a very gifted man, and its a loss to the world, not just for us. – Robin Gibb

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For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. Hebrews 10:36 – Bible

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