“And concerning anything in this society involved in helping Negroes, the federal government shows an inability to function. But it can function in South Vietnam, in the Congo, in Berlin, and in other places where it has no business. But it can't function in Mississippi.”
Malcolm X
Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa
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