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“The decision which we must make now is whether we will give our allegiance to outmoded an unjust customs we owe our ultimate allegiance to God and His will, rather than to man and his folkways”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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Source

Title: Wikiquote: Martin Luther King Jr.
Type: reference · Secondary source
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Context

Stride Toward Freedom (1958)

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Jr., Martin Luther King. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Martin Luther King Jr.. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

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