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The secret lies, I think, in his intimate knowledge of the people he is addressing be they black or white, and in the forthrightness with which he speaks of those things which hurt and baffle them. . . . He allows them their self-respect. . .

Source: The Dangerous Road Before Martin Luther King, in Harper's (New York, Feb. 1961; repr. in The Price of The Ticket, 1985).
-- James Baldwin, (Aug 2 1924-1987), US novelist, essayist; He was a noted spokesman for American blacks in 1950s-60s.

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