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"Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."
To emit sparks.
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"In your statement you assert that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence."
To cast, plunge, or send, especially violently or abruptly.
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"I commend you, Reverend Stallings, for your Christian stand on this past Sunday, in welcoming Negroes to your worship service on a nonsegregated basis."
To entrust; give in charge; deliver with confidence.
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"In the midst of blatant injustices inflicted upon the Negro, I have watched white churchmen stand on the sideline and mouth pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities."
Making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.
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"Is not segregation an existential expression of man's tragic separation, his awful estrangement, his terrible sinfulness?"
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of existentialism
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