The speech was a collaborative effort primarily authored by Dr. Vincent Harding, who hailed from Harlem, New York City, and completed his undergraduate studies at City College of New York. Additionally, he obtained a Master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University, served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955, and earned a PhD in History from the University of Chicago in 1965.
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Image: Vincent Harding speaks at the Eighth Mennonite World Conference in Amsterdam, 1967.