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These are the words of a legendary black REPUBLICAN:
In his third sentence, Douglass tells blacks like today's black right wingers how quietly submitting to things in order to "get along" only insures the continuance of the injustices they have decided to ignore or deny in order to get along. Today's black "republicans" are political chumps who refuse to follow the great tradition of men like Douglass. Instead it is the blacks in the Democratic party who refuse to quietly submit.
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In his third sentence, Douglass tells blacks like today's black right wingers how quietly submitting to things in order to "get along" only insures the continuance of the injustices they have decided to ignore or deny in order to get along. Today's black "republicans" are political chumps who refuse to follow the great tradition of men like Douglass. Instead it is the blacks in the Democratic party who refuse to quietly submit.
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(1857) Frederick Douglass, "If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress" •
On August 3, 1857, Frederick Douglass delivered a “West India Emancipation” speech at Canandaigua, New York, on the twenty-third anniversary of the event. Most of the address was a history of British efforts toward emancipation as well as a reminder of the crucial role of … Read More(1857)...
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