Michael Harrington Quote

The laws against color can be removed, but that will leave the poverty that is the historic and institutionalized consequence of color. As long as this is the case, being born Negro will continue to be the most profound disability that the United States imposes upon a citizen.


p. 71 - The Other America (1962)


The laws against color can be removed, but that will leave the poverty that is the historic and institutionalized consequence of color. As long as...

The laws against color can be removed, but that will leave the poverty that is the historic and institutionalized consequence of color. As long as...

The laws against color can be removed, but that will leave the poverty that is the historic and institutionalized consequence of color. As long as...

The laws against color can be removed, but that will leave the poverty that is the historic and institutionalized consequence of color. As long as...