As many Americans, I was glued to the television to watch the inauguration. I thought it was a wonderful historical moment. I did not truly get inspired until the benediction was given by Reverend Doctor Joseph Lowery
This is now my favorite quote:
"...we work for that day when black will not be asked to get back and when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead man, and when white will embrace what is right, that all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen!"
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If you had grown up "colored" or "Negro" in the US, you would have recognized the qoute: "If you're yellow (light skinned black, not Asian), you're mellow; if you're brown, sick around; if you're black, get back. He added the red for effect.
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