The real victory was what this period did to the psyche of the black man. And the greatness of this period was that we armed ourselves with dignity and self-respect. The greatness of this period was that we straightened our backs up. And a man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.

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Martin Luther King, 1965, when giving President Johnson the pen to sign the Voting Rights Act.

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