02/13/1962
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"It must be our purpose to continue steady progress until the promise of equal rights for all has been fulfilled."
"The distance still to be traveled one hundred years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation is at once a reproach and a challenge."
"This report tells a great American story-it is the record of the deeds by which Negroes and their fellow Americans have given life and meaning to the words of Abraham Lincoln and the Founding Fathers ..."
"In the interest of inter-American friendship and solidarity, I urge all United States citizens and interested organizations to contribute enthusiastically, by words and works, toward making Pan Americ..."