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“
Personally, I reject your racist views. I reject your dream of
a separate state. I believe that may Americans, black and
white, are committed to fighting for those freedoms for which
”
Medgar Evers, William Moore, the Birmingham children
and President John F. Kennedy died.
– Jack Roosevelt Robinson, in a letter to
Malcolm X, December 14, 1963
“
I disagreed with Malcolm vigorously in many areas during
his earlier days, but I certainly agreed with him when he said,
”
‘Don’t stick a knife ten inches in my back, pull it out three or
four, then tell me I’m making progress.
– Jack Roosevelt Robinson, I Never Had It Made, 1972
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