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Daddy Why

His son queried "Daddy why do white people treat colored people so bad" having the right answers was stirring in his heart motivating him to do his part Daddy Why trying not to picture those ominous clouds of inferiority forming in his daughter's mental sky as he told her she could not go to the park she asked the question Daddy Why this is what he heard as he marched for the cause of Peace and Brotherhood Dr. King was cognizant of what he knew as the interelatedness of communities everywhere living in the solution was his plan allowing himself to be oppressed would have only caused him to feel less than a man we are all created by the same HEAVENLY FATHER up above masterfully done so with HIS undying love

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