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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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Malcolm X
American
Activist
Born:
May 19
,
1925
Died:
Feb 21
,
1965
Topics
Segregation
,
Practices
,
Integration
,
Preaches
,
America
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
Malcolm X
Segregation
Practices
Integration
Preaches
America
When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that women were by nature in inferior to men, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that it was okay to hate other religions, and especially the Jews, and the Bible was quoted to prove it.
John Shelby Spong
God
Nature
Bible
Women
Hate
Will
Men
Other
Jews
Okay
Religions
Segregation
Prove
Were
South
Up
Inferior
Taught
Grew
Quoted
The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
John Lewis
Work
Faith
Rights
Our
Saw
Ourselves
Rights Movement
Civil
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Something
Segregation
Had
Almighty
Participants
Involvement
Doing
Were
Discrimination
Movement
Racial
Us
Who
Many
Based
Keeping
Extension
MLK, Jr. taught me how to say no to segregation, and I can hear him saying now... when you straighten up your back, no man can ride you. He said stand up straight and say no to racial discrimination.
John Lewis
Saying
Me
You
Man
Ride
Back
Say
Segregation
He
Him
Said
How
Hear
Up
Discrimination
Taught
Straight
Straighten
Racial
Stand
Your
Stand Up
Now
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn't like it.
John Lewis
Waiting
Women
Signs
Men
White
Saw
Those
Segregation
Colored
Like
Said
Up
Discrimination
Racial
White Women
Growing
Growing Up
Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.
Malcolm X
Superior
Separation
Segregation
Voluntarily
Forced
Equals
Inferior
Done
Which
Two
I did nothing worse than Lyndon Johnson. He was for segregation when he thought he had to be. I was for segregation, and I was wrong. The media has rehabilitated Johnson; why won't it rehabilitate me?
George Wallace
Me
Thought
Nothing
Lyndon
Lyndon Johnson
Worse
Segregation
Johnson
Had
He
Wrong
Than
Did
Media
Why
When I first ran for governor... I had to stand up for segregation or be defeated, but I never insulted black people by calling them inferior.
George Wallace
People
Black
First
Ran
Segregation
Never
Had
Calling
Insulted
Governor
Up
Inferior
Them
Stand
Stand Up
Defeated
Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down.
Benjamin E. Mays
Broken
Communication
People
Decision
Down
Public Schools
States
Segregation
Argued
Between
Since
Schools
Supreme
Supreme Court
Court
Well-Meaning
Intelligent
Intelligent People
May
Public
Races
Many
United
United States
United States Supreme Court
An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.
Jonathan Kozol
Strange
People
College
Our
Neither
Segregation
True
Idea
Longer
Come
Equal
Schools
Lot
America
Awful
Awful Lot
Things
Basically
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