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Quoted: Martin Luther King III

Andrew Hurley

Andrew Hurley

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“I’m not quite able to call this a celebration yet because African Americans and others are still experiencing discrimination and racial injustice across America. We will one day celebrate when the beloved community of ‘the dream’ becomes a reality for people of all races, religions, and nations.”

—Martin Luther King III, in an address given in Woolsey Hall on January 18, for Yale’s commemoration of his father’s birthday.

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