On the recordOctober 13, 1965
This is an attack from which we cannot turn back, for to do so would be to condemn thousands of our fellow citizens to lives of degradation and despair.
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Letter Commending Federal and Local Groups Participating in an Urban Renewal Project in New York City.
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Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.
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Thank you all for your welcome and for the wonderful work that you carry on.
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