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WE WERE TAKING THE BLACK YOUNG MEN WHO HAD BEEN CRIPPLED BY SOCIETY AND SENDING THEM EIGHT THOUSAND MILES AWAY TO GUARANTEE LIBERTIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA WHICH THEY HAD NOT FOUND IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST HARLEM.SO WE HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY FACED WITH A CRUEL IRONY OF WATCHING NEGRO AND WHITE BOYS ON TV SCREENS AS THEY KILL AND DIE TOGETHER FOR A NATION THAT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SEAT THEM TOGETHER IN THE SAME SCHOOL ROOM. MLK JR- 1967