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Martin Luther King, With Whom I Worked Very Closely, Became Very Distressed When A Number Of The Ministers Working For Him Wanted Him To Dismiss Me From His Staff Because Of My Homosexuality.

Both Morally And Practically, Segregation Is To Me A Basic Injustice. Since I Believe It To Be So, I Must Attempt To Remove It. There Are Three Ways In Which One Can Deal With An Injustice. (a) One Can Accept It Without Protest. (b) On Can Seek To Avoid It. (c) One Can Resist The Injustice Non-violently. To Accept It Is To Perpetuate It.

Every Indifference To Prejudice Is Suicide Because, If I Don’t Fight All Bigotry, Bigotry Itself Will Be Strengthened And, Sooner Or Later, It Will Return On Me.

The Real Radical Is That Person Who Has A Vision Of Equality And Is Willing To Do Those Things That Will Bring Reality Closer To That Vision. . .

You Have To Join Every Other Movement For The Freedom Of People. Therefore Join The Movement As Individuals Against Anti-semitism, Join The Movements For The Rights Of Hispanics, The Rights Of Women, The Rights Of Gays. In Other Words, I Think That Each Movement Has To Stand On Its Own Feet Because It Has A Particular Agenda, But It Can Ask Other People.