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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.

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Press forward at all times, climbing toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God.

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Black power is the brain power that admonishes. Instead of "Burn, baby, burn," we should be shouting "Learn, baby, learn" and "Earn, baby, earn."

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To demand these God-given human rights is to seek black power-—what I call audacious power—the power to build black institutions of splendid achievement.

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One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
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Adam Clayton Powell Sr.

Adam Clayton Powell Sr.

Born: May 5, 1865
Died: June 12, 1953 (aged 88)
Bio: Adam Clayton Powell, was an American pastor who developed the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York as the largest Protestant congregation in the country, with 10,000 members. He was a community activist, author, and the father of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

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