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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control mens minds. – 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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Where do you think Id be next week if I didnt know how to shout and holler and make the public take notice? Id be poor and Id probably be down in my home town, washing windows or running an elevator and saying – Muhammad Ali

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

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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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And so this is Xmas for black and for white, for yellow and red, lets stop all the fight. – John Lennon

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