On the record
We shall never cease to be a despised and persecuted class while we are known to be excluded by our color from all important positions under the Government.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We shall never cease to be a despised and persecuted class while we are known to be excluded by our color from all…”
Editor's note · Context
He asserts that exclusion from important government positions perpetuates the status of Black people as a marginalized class.
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