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on Dr. Martin Luther King (Compiled by Imam Mikal Saahir) New World Patriotism Day Address – 1979 Now I invite all of you to have the courage to say, “Yes, America has been ugly and bad.” But don’t lie to yourself; you know America is much more beautiful today than it was in the days […]

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