• A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.

  Thurgood Marshall
  American lawyer, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
  

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1. mississippi
2. wealthiest
3. challenge
4. working
5. united
6. states

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A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. by : Thurgood Marshall

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