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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin
Born: Mar 17, 1912
Died: Aug 24, 1987

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Dignity, Human Being, Society, Individual, Him, Protest, Protesting, His, Very, Human, Refusal, Being, Acknowledge, Act

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