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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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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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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. – Thurgood Marshall

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I wasnt always black… There was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger. – Bill Cosby

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When it is not on the side of civil rights, then the law is not right, it is white. – Langston Hughes (1902–1967)

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

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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. – James Baldwin

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