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where legal remedies are not at hand. Redress is sought in the streets,
in demonstrations and protests, which create tensions
and threaten violence and threaten lives. We face, therefore, a moral crisis
as a country and a people. Next week, I shall ask
the Congress of the United States to act. To make a commitment
it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in American life or law. The Federal
in demonstrations and protests, which create tensions
and threaten violence and threaten lives. We face, therefore, a moral crisis
as a country and a people. Next week, I shall ask
the Congress of the United States to act. To make a commitment
it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in American life or law. The Federal
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...where legal remedies are not at hand.
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Redress is sought in the streets,
in demonstrations and protests,
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which create tensions
and threaten violence and threaten lives.
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We face, therefore, a moral crisis
as a country and a people.
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Next week, I shall ask
the Congress of the United States to act.
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To make a commitment
it has not fully made in this century
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to the proposition that race has no place
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in American life or law.
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The Federal...
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Movie Summary
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.