April 23, 2014
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For the Negro, therefore, intelligent guides of family planning are a profoundly important ingredient in his quest for security and a decent life. There are mountainous obstacles still separating Negroes from a normal existence. Yet one element in stabilizing his life would be an understanding of and easy access to the means to develop a family related in size to his community environment and to the income potential he can command.

This is not to suggest that the Negro will solve all his problems through Planned Parenthood. His problems are far more complex, encompassing economic security, education, freedom from discrimination, decent housing and access to culture. Yet if family planning is sensible it can facilitate or at least not be an obstacle to the solution of the many profound problems that plague him.

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martin luther king jr., in a speech to planned parenthood in 1966. somehow i’d never read this speech until today, and it’s an incredible and stirring glimpse into the importance of, well, planning parenthood for poor communities, and lays out beautifully why the issue was on his mind as an organizer for civil rights.

anyway, newly swooning over mlk jr.“the internet is good sometimes"—sarah.

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