On the recordApril 26, 1964
Until education is unaware of race, until employment is blind to color, emancipation will be a proclamation, but it will not be a fact.
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presidency.ucsb.eduUntil education is unaware of race, until employment is blind to color, emancipation will be a proclamation, but it will not be a fact.
Remarks to the Members of the International Labor Press Association
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