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Quote by Otto Kerner, Jr.

“Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white-separate and unequal.”

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Otto Kerner, Jr. was an American politician who served as the Governor of Illinois. He was born on August 15, 1908, and passed away on May 9, 1976. more

“We are not fighting for the right to be like you. We respect ourselves too much for that. When we advocate freedom, we mean freedom for us to be black, or brown, and you to be white, and yet live together in a free and equal society. This is the only way that integration can bring dignity for both of us.”

Way Mean Together Fighting Black Justice White Too Much Like You Equal Diversity Dignity Social Justice Brown Integration

Author:John Oliver Killens

“What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear the same gray flannel suit! That road leads to the conformity of the graveyard!”

Ifs Thinking Would Be America Justice Color Diversity Social Justice Suits Conformity Gray Graveyard Tiresome Flannels

Author:John Oliver Killens

“The Negro loves America enough to criticize her fundamentally. Most white Americans simply can't be bothered.”

Enough America Justice White Diversity Social Justice Criticize Bothered

Author:John Oliver Killens

“Along with the fight to desegregate schools, we must desegregate the entire cultural statement of America, we must desegregate the minds of the American people or we will find that we have won the battle and lost the war.”

People Mind War School America Fighting Lost Justice Battle Diversity Social Justice Statements

Author:John Oliver Killens

“Western man wrote "his" history as if it were the history of the entire human race.”

Ifs Men Humans Justice Race Diversity Social Justice Western Human Race

Author:John Oliver Killens

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