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Address at the Annual Convention of the Theater Owners of America, New York City

October 28, 1963

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New York, NY

The most any law can do is point the way—the rest is up to the people. Civil Rights is not an issue that can be solved by governmental edict—it must be dealt with at the community level, within states, within cities, within neighborhoods—wherever a meeting takes place between persons of light and dark skin.