Ronald Reagan: “Lincoln freed the black man; Martin Luther King freed the white man.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1983

Lincoln freed the black man; Martin Luther King freed the white man.

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Republican · California

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Employees at the Digital Equipment Corporation in Roxbury, Massachusetts

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