"We should not want to think of America as a 'melting pot,' but as a great interracial laboratory where Americans can really begin to build the thing which the rest of the world feels they stand for...that is real democracy."

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Civil rights activistsWomen activists from the United StatesWomen politicians in the United States20th-century African-American womenLegislators from the United States
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Speech at the Women's Centennial Congress, NYC (Nov. 1940); Howard A. Myrick, "Recalling Philadelphia's civil rights figures during Black History Month", Chestnut Hill Local (Feb. 5, 2020)