09/19/1978
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"We cannot let them get away with that cynical strategy."
"The contributions of black Americans in all fields of human endeavor were largely forgotten or overlooked until just recent years to the detriment of all Americans."
"This has been a difficult period for you, especially."
"If the truth is to set us free, we must study and to understand our own past and how it affects the present and the future."