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“There is no future for a people who deny their past.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.”
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.”
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“I believe that Christianity in the United States has been dragging its feet, and I don't think there's any other force in America that has been more detrimental to the solution of our racial problems than Christianity. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.”
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“Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort.”
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“You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.”
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“If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it's a question of power. Racism gets its power from capitalism. Thus, if you're anti-racist, whether you know it or not, you must be anti-capitalist. The power for racism, the power for sexism, comes from capitalism, not an attitude.”
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