Listen, my old man's a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He's got some power in this town, and you...

8 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Long Road (The story of Mary Church Terrell) classic radio play.

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- Or the bigots among the men who have never given equal treatment to their Negro neighbors, nor to you, their wives and relatives!

- And who among you enjoys the freedom that all women need? Who associates with whom she likes?

- Who can bring up her children to be true fighters for freedom and humanity without telling them to hold back, for their neighbors, Jews or Negroes?

- We know all what you're talking about! We expected you'd talk this way. Agitator!

- Are you afraid to listen to an agitator?

- Listen, my old man's a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He's got some power in this town, and you...

- I can see why you're afraid. He must be a very frightened and brutal man.

- He treats me all right! He's just hard on the colored and the men folks.

- There's no man who practices brutality towards other men who will ever practice equality with women!

- We don't want no equality with Negroes. That's all there is to it.

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