You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair. The Civil Rights Movementvon Peter B. Levy - 1998 - 226 SeitenKeine Leseprobe verfügbar - Über dieses Buch
| James S. Fishkin - 1983 - 226 Seiten
...must realize background fairness in the conditions for acquiring the abilities measured in the race: You do not take a person who, for years, has been...compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.1 Applying this metaphor to America's "20 million Negroes," the... | |
| Jennifer L. Hochschild, Joseph Hochschild - 1984 - 284 Seiten
...the argument that desegregation calls only for ending de jure segregation: Freedom is not enough — You do not take a person who, for years, has been...compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair. Thus it is not enough to just open the gates of opportunity. All... | |
| Robert K. Fullinwider, Claudia Mills - 1986 - 220 Seiten
...the moral issue put so ably by President Lyndon Johnson in his 1965 Howard University speech remains: You do not take a person who, for years, has been...compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair. M IV The final similarity I want to address is really an extension... | |
| Herbert A. Schaffner, Carl E. Van Horn - 2003 - 478 Seiten
...he said in his 1965 commencement address at Howard University, equality must be vigorously promoted: "You do not take a person who for years has been hobbled...him up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'you're free to compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely... | |
| Martin Garbus - 2002 - 338 Seiten
...class, he said, "But freedom is not enough. You do not wipe away the scars." He observed, "You don't take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by...him up to the starting line of a race, and then say, you're free to compete with others and believe that you have been competing fair." But it would fall... | |
| John McWhorter - 2004 - 308 Seiten
...Wasn't it Lyndon Johnson, white the last time I checked, who entered into history the famous line that "You do not take a person who, for years, has been...and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line in a race and then say, 'you are free to compete with all the others', and still justly believe that... | |
| Don T. Nakanishi, James S. Lai, James Siu-Fong Lai - 2003 - 502 Seiten
...do not take a person who had been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him up to the starting gate of a race and then say, 'You are free to compete with...still justly believe you have been completely fair. ... It is not enough to open the gates of opportunity. All of our citizens must have the ability to... | |
| Joy Ann WIlliamson, Joy Ann Williamson-Lott - 2003 - 228 Seiten
...later: "You do not take a person wh0, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring hun up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'you...compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair" [Lyndon B. Iohnson, "Commencement Address at Howard University:... | |
| Kurt Ritter, Martin J. Medhurst - 2004 - 252 Seiten
...DC: "You do not take a person who for years had been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race, and then say, 'You...compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair." 15 That passage appeared in a speech justifying the newly prominent... | |
| Andrew Hacker - 2010 - 290 Seiten
...illustrated the thinking that led to racial preferences. Speaking at Howard University in 1965, he said: You do not take a person who for years has been hobbled by chains, and liberate him, bring him up to the starring line, and then say, "You are free to compete with all the others." Martin Luther King, Jr.,... | |
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