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Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.

Thurgood Marshall

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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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Democracy Foundation Injustice Ourselves
Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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Exercise Mental Truth
We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we’re winning.
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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. It’s not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.
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Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.
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History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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We must dissent from the fear.
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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.
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Believe Hard Work Heart Broken Himself Man True
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment. It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.
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Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.
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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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Accomplishment Challenge Discrimination End Race Selection

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