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[dropcap]The[/dropcap] old age of racial segregation and discrimination is giving way to a new age of “freedom, justice and human dignity,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said in Des Moines. Dr. King, organizer of a peaceful Negro boycott of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in protest against segregated seating, spoke to an audience of about 900 persons in University Christian Church. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]
“We stand today on the threshold of the most creative and constructive period in the history of race relations,” he said, but added that the new age presents many challenges.
“We are challenged to rise above the narrow confines of our individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity,” he said.
“We must all learn to live together as brothers in the world, or we will all die together as fools.”
The destiny and security of the United States is tied up with the destiny and security of India and every other nation.”
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