FDR: “To us the unprovoked murder of innocent people simply because of race…”

On the recordJune 11, 1944

To us the unprovoked murder of innocent people simply because of race, religion, or political creed is the blackest of all possible crimes.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Message to Congress on Refugees

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