Martin Luther King, Jr. - Quotation #13 - San Diego, CA
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A Martin Luther King, Jr. quotation engraved in a a granite block - located in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter.
Waymark Code: WMRRFC
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2016
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The quote reads:
"Segragetion distorts the soul and damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority."
The quote is a bit incorrect..the full quote is "All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority." See (
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The quote is from King's 1963 Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Martin Luther King Jr. was, of course, one of the key American Civil Rights and anti-war leaders of the 1960s. Read more about him at (
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