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Mary McLeod Bethune: The drums of...

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The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

Source: Faith That Moved a Dump Heap, In Who, the Magazine about People, Jun 1941.
-- Mary McLeod Bethune, (Jul 10 1875-1955), US educator, writer; She was active in national black affairs and a special adviser to FDR on the problems of minority groups.


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