On the recordJanuary 14, 1980
The history of black Americans is the record of America's battle with itself to establish the principles of justice, freedom and equal opportunity on which it was founded.
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presidency.ucsb.eduJimmy Carter: “The history of black Americans is the record of America's battle with itself to establish the principles of justice…”
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Message on the Observance of National Afro-American (Black) History Month, February 1980
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