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Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to the development and triumph of the manufacturers and bankers of the industrial North, East and West over the slave-holder of the South.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Bankers Capitalist Class Development East Emancipation Indispensable Industrial Lincoln Manufacturers North Over Rising Slaves South Spokesman Triumph Viewed West Who

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Lincoln merely nominally freed the bodies of Negroes. But Debs would free the bodies and minds of Negroes.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Bodies Free Freed Lincoln Merely Minds Negroes Would

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Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Abroad Democracy Denied Guns Here Home Mood Negroes Shoulder While

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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Am Army Crow Jail Jim Jim Crow Oppose Prepared Rot Till I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: January 15th, 1889

Died: May 16th, 1979

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