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(1963) Josephine Baker, “Speech at the March on Washington”
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Reparations Are The Answer To Protesters’ Demands For Racial Justice | The Oklahoma Eagle
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(1994) General Colin Powell Urges African American Students to Reject Racial Hatred
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