Maya Angelou - It is impossible to struggle fo...

It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.

Maya Angelou

American Poet

Born: Apr 4, 1928

Died: May 28, 2014

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Truth, Justice, Struggle, Rights, Impossible, Air, Civil, Civil Rights, Blacks, Fair, Like, Fair Play, Equal, Equal Rights, Because, Without, None, Us, Whites, Including, Play

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