Panel recalls impact of 1964 Civil Rights Act

From: Bay State Banner | Date: April 28, 1994| Author: Luix Virgil Overbea | Copyright information


Bay State Banner

04-28-1994

Panel recalls impact of 1964 Civil Rights Act.

"You are not the slave, nor the son or daughter of a slave. You have the heritage of kings and scientists and great discoverers of the past. Don't feel sorry about who you are."

With these words Dorothy Height closed her remarks for the evening Monday at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. She was one of five memorable personalities of the Civil Rights Era, brought together at...

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