Much of what Negroes fight for today is not to gain new gro… - Louis Everett Burnham

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Much of what Negroes fight for today is not to gain new ground but to restore positions once dearly won and foully taken away.

Louis Everett Burnham

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Louis Everett Burnham (September 29, 1915 – February 12, 1960) was an African-American civil rights activist and journalist.

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Alternative Names: Louis E. Burnham • Louis Burnham

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From one end of the South to the other law and order have broken down. A public climate has been created in which a Negro’s life is worth no more than a White man’s whim.

Occasionally speaking of Black people generally, in conversation with the still youthful Lorraine Hansberry: "They are beautiful, child."

The forward surge of the Negro people is the most distinctive and progressive feature of Southern politics.

Much of what Negroes fight for today is not to gain new ground but to restore positions once dearly won and foully taken away. - Louis Everett Burnham

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