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It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.
It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Martin Luther King Jr.
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1929 to 1968; Wikidata Q8027, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8027 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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