race relations

's greatest stumbling block is the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice.

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice... who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.

is not in fact a tension between white people and negro people, but at bottom, it is between justice and injustice, between the forces of light and the forces of darkness.

As I like to say to the people in Montgomery: 'The tension in this city is not between white people and Negro people. The tension is, at bottom, between justice and injustice, between the forces of light and the forces of darkness.

is difficult to advance as white people cherish this strange, irrational notion that, where progress for the negro is concerned, something in the very flow of time will cure all ills.

I feel that the time is always right to do what is right. Where progress for the Negro in America is concerned, there is a tragic misconception of time among whites. They seem to cherish a strange, irrational notion that something in the very flow of time will cure all ills.

is difficult to tackle because it is hypocritically framed: It is regarded as chauvinism if claimed by a majority, but 'ethnic' pride if claimed by a minority.

Today, racism is regarded as a crime if practiced by a majority but as an inalienable right if practiced by a minority. The notion that one's culture is superior to all others solely because it represents the traditions of one's ancestors, is regarded as chauvinism if claimed by a majority but as 'ethnic' pride if claimed by a minority. Resistance to change and progress is regarded as reactionary if demonstrated by a majority but retrogression to a Balkan village, to an Indian tepee or to the jungle is hailed if demonstrated by a minority.

is the central issue in America --- The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.

The destiny of the colored American . . . .. is the destiny of America.

is inseparable from the american experiment --- The danger of a conflict between the white and the black inhabitants perpetually haunts the imagination of the Americans like a bad dream.

The danger of a conflict between the white and the black inhabitants perpetually haunts the imagination of the Americans like a bad. dream.

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race relations